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 REPORT FOR JUNE. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, July 6, 1916. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my report of the work 

 done by the Division of Entomology for the month of June, 1916, 

 as follows : 



During the month there arrived at the port of Honolulu 40 

 vessels, of which 20 brought vegetable matter. Of these vessels 

 5 passed through the Panama Canal and called here for coal or 

 provisions. 



Disposal Lots Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 1184 15,186 



Fumigated 10 15 



Burned 59 59 



Returned 1 1 



Total inspected 1254 15,261 



Of these shipments 14,972 packages arrived as freight, 118 

 packages by mail and 171 packages as baggage of passengers and 

 immigrants. 



Corn, Rice and Bean Shipments. 



During the month 63,923 bags of rice arrived from Japan, 6,141 

 bags of beans from Japan and Oriental ports and 100 bags of 

 corn from China, this being the last shipment of this staple from 

 any Oriental port. From July 1, 1916, all corn shipments are pro- 

 hibited into the United States and Territories under Quarantine 

 Notice No. 24 of the Federal Horticultural Board on account of a 

 serious disease (Peronospora maydis) and other downy mildews 

 which attack not only corn but all related species. 



All of the above shipments were inspected and found free from 

 cereal pests and allowed to land. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Approximately 4,282 pieces of baggage were examined from 

 foreign ports, principally at the Immigration Station, and 44 pack- 

 ages of fruit and 12 packages of vegetables were found, seized 

 and destroyed by burning. 



A hydrangea plant from the mainland, in baggage, was found 

 infested with red spider and was thoroughly fumigated before 

 delivery. One package of cotton seed in the mail from Manila 



