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During the year a material increase was noted in the importa- 

 tions of fruits and vegetables. Following are some of the larger 

 staples imported of which the Territory does not as yet supply 

 sufficient for home consumption : 



Oranges 35,403 boxes 



Cabbage 1,114 crates 



Onions 26,639 bags 



Lemons 5,908 boxes 



Celery 1,048 crates 



Potatoes 83,726 bags 



Several important changes have been made in the rules and 

 regulations, also a new regulation pertaining to potato and apple 

 shipments from the Pacific Coast ports has been promulgated. 

 This new regulation will do much to improve the grade and 

 quality of these commodities. 



The plans for additions to the fumigation building, the roof 

 over the yard and the fencing are ready and have been approved, 

 so that very soon w^ork will be started on these improvements. 



We have continued the inspection of plant produce from Ho- 

 nolulu to ports on the other islands on the same lines as last 

 year. During the fiscal year, 693 steamers were attended to 

 and 48,343 packages of plants, fruits and vegetables were in- 

 spected. Of this number, 254 packages were seized and refused 

 shipment on account of infestation or having undesirable soil 

 attached to the roots. 



Particular attention is paid to all sugar cane seed shipments 

 from Oahu to plantations on the other islands. All these ship- 

 ments go through the Experiment Station of the H. S. P. A., 

 and no sugar cane is permitted to go by individuals unless first 

 submitted for examination by them. In this way all risks of in- 

 troducing some new pest or disease of this large industry is 

 avoided. 



Animal Industry. 



The control and suppression of infectious and contagious dis- 

 eases among live stock and the prevention, by means of inspec- 

 tion and quarantine, of the introduction of such diseases with 

 imported animals have constituted, as in previous years, the main 

 work of this Division. 



The eradication of bovine tuberculosis has been continued as 

 in the preceding years and a marked improvement has been noted 

 during the period under review. Starting with 31.25 per cent 

 of disease among the dairy herds, the end of the present fiscal 

 period shows less than 1^/2 per cent. By means of very liberal 

 indemnification laws, all objection to the test on the part of cattle 

 owners has been eliminated and our work toward total eradica- 

 tion greatly facilitated. 



No cases of glanders or epizootic lymphangitis or hog cholera 

 have been reported from any part of the Territory. A few small 



