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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, February 29, 1920. 

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



Gentlemen: — I respectfully submit ray report of the work carried on 

 by the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of February. 1920, as 

 follows: 



During the month 68 vessels arrived at the Port of Honolulu, 22 of 

 which carried vegetable matter and 12 vessels came through the Panama 

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



Passed as free from pests 823 lots 17,436 pkgs. 



Burned 67 " 67 '' 



Fumigated 8 " 9 ' ' 



Eeturned 2 " 261 '' 



Total Inspected 900 ' ' 17,773 ' ' 



Of these shipments 17,457 packages arrived as freight, 184 packages 

 as mail and 132 packages as baggage. 



EICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 23,035 bags of rice from Japan, 200 mats of rice 

 from China and 2,107 bags of beans from Japan arrived and were found 

 free from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 3,940 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 

 foreign countries were examined from which 32 lots of fruit and 22 lots 

 of vegetables were seized and destroyed. 



On February 4 a package of rice paddy found in the baggage of a 

 passenger from China was seized and destroyed. A package of seeds 

 for Professor Eock from Egypt was fumigated on account of weevils. 



On February 5, per Shinyo Maru, a package of corn found in the bag- 

 gage of an immigrant from Japan was seized and destroyed under quar- 

 antine Notice No. 24 of the Federal Horticultural Board. A package 

 of rice paddy in the mail from Japan was also seized under Quarantine 

 Notice No. 39. A package of pili nuts and a package of seeds, both 

 from Manila, were found in the mail and fumigated as a precautionary 

 measure. 



On February 8, per Kiyo Maru, a package of grass seed in the mail 

 from Japan was fumigated as a precaution. 



On February 11, per Siberia Maru, a package of chestnuts found in the 

 bagagge of an immigrant from Korea and a plant in the baggage of 

 an immigrant from Japan were both seized and destroyed, one being 

 weevily and the other prohibited. A package of rice paddy and a pack- 

 age of corn in the mail from Manila, as well as a package of fruit in 

 the mail from Japan, were seized and destroyed. 



On February 17, per Maui from San Francisco, a consignment consist- 

 ing of 260 bags of potatoes for L. Ah Leong from Jacobs, Malcolm & 

 Burt, was found badly infested with potato scab and ordered returned 

 to the shipper. A package of corn in the baggage of an immigrant 

 from Manila per Colombia was seized and destroyed. 



On February 23, per Persia Maru, a package of vegetable seeds from 

 Japan and 2 tins of tree seeds from Java for the H. S. P. A. were 



