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rarcviagrus osborni. 



Oahu : 



Makiki Nursery 1,200 



Kespectfully submitted. 



D. T. FULLAWAY, 



Entomologist. 



Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, January 31, 1920. 



Board of (Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 

 Cientlcmen: — I respectfully submit my report of the work carried on by 



the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of January, 1920, as 



follows : 



During the mouth 57 vessels arrived at the Port of Honolulu, 20 of 



which carried vegetable matter and 9 vessels came through the Panama 



Canal Zone. The following disposal was made of the various shipments: 



Passed as free from pests 638 lots 12,031 pkgs. 



Burned 70 " - 70 " 



Fumigated 9 ' ' 36 " 



Returned 7 ' ' 15 " 



Total Inspected 724 " 12,152 ' ' 



Of these shipments 11,897 packages arrived as freight, 135 packages as 

 mail and 120 packages as baggage. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 285 mats of ric? fro.n China and 1395 bags of beans 

 from Japan arrived and were found free from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 3330 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 

 foreign countries were examined, from which 43 lots of fruit and 19 lots 

 of vegetables were seized and destroyed. 



On January 7, per Tenyo M«ru, two plants found in the baggage of 

 immigrants from Japan and China were seized; one was returned on 

 board the steamer, the other was destroyed. One lot of seeds in the 

 baggage of a passenger from China was seized and destroyed. In the 

 mail was found a package of barley, a package of w^heat and a package 

 of rice seed, all from Japan. These were seized and destroyed, being 

 prohibited wnder Quarantine Order No. 39, of the Federal Horticultural 

 Board. A package containing a lemon and a piece of horseradish w^as 

 also found in the mail from Japan and destroyed. Three bags of beans 

 and a bag of chestnuts in the mail from Japan w^ere fumigated as a pre- 

 caution. 



On January 15, p'er Nile, a package of nuts and a package of beans 

 in the mail from Japan were fumigated as a precaution. 



On January 20, per Ecuador, 30 baskets of caladiums in the cargo 

 from China were found infested with aphis and fumigated. 



On January 27, per Ventura, 9 coconuts found in the baggage of a 

 ])assenger from the Colonies were returned on board the steamer. 

 These had sprouted and were therefore classified as plants. A potato 

 found in the mail from New Zealand was seized and destroyed, as it 

 appeared to be diseased. 



