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Division of Entomology 



Honolulu, Hawaii, March 13, 1916. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my report of the work per- 

 formed by the Division of Entomology for the month of Feb- 

 ruary, 1916, as follows : 



During the month there arrived at the Port of Honolulu 34 

 vessels, of which 22 brought vegetable matter. One vessel ar- 

 rived from the Canal Zone. 



Disposal Lots Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 905 15,693 



Fumigated 7 73 



Destroyed 53 55 



Returned 2 2 



Total inspected 967 15,823 



Of these shipments 15,537 arrived as freight, 164 packages as 

 mail matter and 122 packages as baggage of passengers and immi- 

 grants. 



Rice and Bean Shipments. 



During the month \\,A72 bags of rice and 1904 bags of beans 

 arrived from Oriental ports, also 2 bags of corn, all of which 

 were carefully inspected and passed as free from pests. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Approximately 1913 pieces of baggage from foreign ports were 

 examined during the month and 50 lots of fruit were found and 

 destroyed by burning. 



One case of Orchids from Balboa, Panama, was fumigated 

 on account of a slight infestation of scale (Aspidiotus cyano- 

 phylli) and a nest of ants. 



Another package of plants from the same place was also fumi- 

 gated and some hibiscus cuttings infested with Diaspis pcntagona 

 were burned. 



Two small orange trees and a package of citrus seeds found in 

 baggage from Japan were seized and destroyed, no citrus stock 

 or seed being permitted to enter the United States from a foreign 



