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The parasites are multiplyinor nicely in the cages here, and a 

 report will be made monthly on the progress of the work of get- 

 ting them established out of doors. 



Very truly yours, 



David T. Fullawav, 



Entomologist. 



Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 8, 1916. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu. 



Gentlemen :■ — I respectfully submit my report of the work done 

 by the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of August, 

 1916, as follows : 



During the month there arrived at the port of Honolulu, 42 

 vessels, of which 21 vessels carried vegetable matter. Of these 

 vessels, three passed through the Panama Canal in transit to the 

 Orient. 



Disposal Lots Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 1566 26,366 



Fumigated 8 20 



Burned 48 56 



Total inspected 1622 26,442 



Of these shipments 26,191 packages arrived as freight, 174 

 packages as baggage of passengers and immigrants and 77 pack- 

 ages as mail matter. 



Rice and Beans. 



During the month 44,150 bags of rice and 2110 bags of beans 

 arrived from Japan and Oriental ports and were found free 

 from weevils and other grain pests and passed for entry. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Approximately 6074 pieces of foreig^n baggage were examined 

 during: the month, principally at the U. S. Immigration Station, 

 and 31 lots of fruit and 16 lots of vegetables were seized and 

 destroyed by burning. One package of tree seeds from Manila, 



