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REPORT OF THE CHIEF PLANT INSPECTOR, SEPTEMBER, 1920. 



September :U), 1920. 

 Board of Cormnissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, T. If. 



Gentlemen: — I respectfully submit my rei)ort of the work carried on 

 by the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of September, 1920, 

 as follows: 



During the month 56 steamers arrived at the Port of Honolulu, 21 of 

 which carried vegetable matter and 2 vessels came through the Canal 

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



Passed as free from pests 1620 lots 31,661: pkgs. 



Fumigated 11 " 11 " 



Burned 58 " 58 " 



Returned 1 " 1 ' * 



Total Inspected 1690 lots 31,734 pkgs. 



Of these shipments 31,429 packages arrived as freight, 192 packages 

 as baggage and 113 packages as mail. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 10,971 bags of rice from Japan, 160 matts of rice 

 from China and 1418 bags of beans from Japan arrived clean. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 4332 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 

 foreign countries were examined, from which 37 lots of vegetables and 

 17 lots of fruit were seized and destroyed. 



On Sept. 3, three pacltages of plants found in the baggage of a 

 passenger from the Orient were seized and destroyed. A package of 

 Betel nuts from Manila and 3 packages of beans from Japan in the 

 mail were fumigated precautionary. 



On Sept. 5 a case of plants brought in the baggage of a passenger 

 from the Colonies w^as burned. A package of seeds in the mail from the 

 Forestry Division was fumigated precautionary. 



On Sept. 11, two bags and one basket of herbs in the baggage of an 

 immigrant from China were fumigated on account of weevils. 



On Sept. 23, a package of vegetable seeds and a package of castor 

 beans in the mail were fumigated, the former on account of weevils, 

 the latter precautionary. 



On Sept. 28 a dwarf pine tree was returned on board the Noma from 

 the Orient, being prohibited. A package of Cocoa beans in the mail on 

 the Ecuador was fumigated precautionary. A lot of puffed rice used as 

 packing in the baggage of a passenger was found infested with wee- 

 vils and fumigated. 



HILO INSPECTION. 



Brother M. Newell, Inspector at Hilo, reports the arival of 5 steamers 

 at the Port of Hilo. Three carried vegetable matter consisting of 141 

 lots and 3010 parcels, all dean. 



KAHULUI INSPECTION. 



Mr. Louis Cillin, Inspector at'Kahului, I'cports the arrival of 9 ves- 



