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packages of seeds in the baggage of immigrants from Manila were seized 

 and destroyed. 



On April 2.1, per Sliinyo Maru, a package of sugar cane and a plant 

 found in the baggage of immigrants from China were seized and de- 

 stroyed by burning. A package of bamboo shoots in the baggage of an 

 immigrant from Japan was also burned, as all bamboo in the raw and 

 manufactured state is prohibited. , In the mail, a package of beans from 

 Japan, 3 packages of vegetable seeds from Manila and 2 packages of 

 pili nuts from Manila were all fumigated precautionarily. Two packages 

 of tree seeds from Manila in the mail were seized and destroyed as contra- 

 band. 



On April 23, per Tenyo Maru, a package of algaroba beans in the mail 

 from the U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture for the U. H. Experiment Station 

 was fumigated precautionarily. 



On April 27, per Matsonia, two lots of pineapple suckers arrived in 

 the mail for Dr. Lyon, H. S. P. A. One lot from Guatemala, through the 

 Bureau of Plant introduction, was found infested with the pineapple 

 mite. These were fumigated with double strength HCN and the plants 

 are now held in quarantine. The other lot was from Mexico through the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Two of the sucker* were found infested with 

 the pineapple weevil and these were immediately burned. The rest were 

 fumigated, being found infested with mealy bug, and are now held in 

 quarantine. 



HILO INSPECTION. 



Brother M. Newell, Inspector at Hilo, reports the arrival of 7 steamers 

 at the Port of Hilo. Six carried vegetable matter consisting of 127 lots 

 and 2,18G parcels, all clean with the exception of 3 sacks of turnips 

 which, having arrived in an unclean condition, were washed before de- 

 livery. Twenty- five hundred bags rice and 187 bags beans arrived from 

 Japan in 15 and 7 lots respectively, all clean. 



KAHULUI INSPECTION. 



Mr. Will J. Cooper, Inspector at Kahului, reports the arrival of 8 ves- 

 sels at the Port of Kahului. Two carried vegetable matter consisting 

 of 9 lots and 478 parcels, all passed. 



INTEE-ISLAND INSPECTION. 



Fifty-eight steamers plying between Honolulu and the other island 

 ports were attended and the following shipments passed as free from 

 pests: 



Taro ■. 444 bags 



Taro tops 20 ' ' 



Vegetables 305 pkgs. 



Fruit 149 " 



Plants 59 '' 



Seeds 18 " 



Pineapple shoots 2,837 bags 



Sugar cane (H. S. P. A.) IG cases 



Total passed 3,848 pkgs. 



Thirty-nine packages of plants were refused shipment on account o\ 

 infestation, undesirable soil and not complying with the regulations. . 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. EHRHORN, 

 Chief Plant Inspector." 



