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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, March 31, 1920. 

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



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

 by the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of March, 1920, as 

 follows: 



During the month 70 vessels arrived at the Port of Honolulu, 18 of 

 which carried vegetable matter and 15 vessels came through the Panama 

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



Passed as free from pests 1107 lots 16,067 pTcgs. 



Fumigated 16 '' 16 '' 



Burned 57 ^ ' 57 " 



Eeturned 2 '' 104 '' 



Total Inspected 1182 '' 16,24-4 '' 



Of these shipments 15,810 packages arrived as freight, 252 packages as 

 mail and 182 packages as baggage. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 9864 bags of rice from Japan, 2000 mats of rice 

 from China, and 1820 bags of beans from Japan arrived and were found 

 free from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 3315 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 

 foreign countries were examined, from which 42 lots of fruit and 14 lots 

 of vegetables were seized and destroyed. 



On March 9, per Manoa, a package of seeds from Portugal in the mail 

 was fumigated as a precaution. 



On March 14, per Korea Maru, a package of pili nuts in the baggage 

 of an immigrant from Manila was seized and destroyed on account of 

 infestation. In the postoffice was found a package- of bulbs from Manila 

 and a package of rice paddy from Japan which were seized and destroy- 

 ed. A bag of rice paddy in the cargo from Japan was seized and is be- 

 ing held pending disposal bv the custom house. A package of tree seeds 

 in the mail from Java for Dr. H. L. Lyon was fumigated as a precaution. 

 On March 18, per Venezuela, a package of rice paddy in the mail 

 from Japan was seized and destroyed. A package of seeds from Java 

 for Dr. H. L. Lyon by mail was fumigated as a precaution. 



On March 20, 12 coconuts from Fanning Island "were fumigated as a 

 precaution. 



On March 23, per Lurline, a plant in the American Railway Express 

 was fumigated on account of plant lice. 



On March 30, one lot, consisting of 100 bags of potatoes consigned 

 to California Feed Company from San Francisco, was returned, being 

 badl}'- infested with potato scab. 



HILO IXSPECTIOX. 



Brother M. Newell, inspector at Hilo, reports the arrival of six steam- 

 ers at the port of Hilo. Two carried vegetable matter consisting of 

 82 lots and 1911 parcels, all passed. 



