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yet they require our attention upon arrival and during their stay 

 in port. 



During the fiscal period there arrived at the ports of Honolulu 

 and Hilo 634 vessels. Of this number 323 vessels carried matter 

 subject to inspection by this Division which consisted of 300,613 

 packages of fruit and vegetables and 6,008 packages of plants 

 and seeds. Of these shipments 1,584 packages were fumigated 

 for injurious insects found upon them or as a precautionary 

 measure for finding traces of injurious insects. Six hundred for- 

 ty-eight packages were destroyed by burning on account of be- 

 ing infested with insect pests which fumigation would not reach 

 nor kill, or being entirely prohibited from entry into the Terri- 

 tory, and 41 packages were returned to the shipper on account 

 of coming by mail from a foreign country which is prohibited 

 under the rules of the Federal Horticultural Board. Fruit and 

 vegetable shipments were returned to shipper on account of being 

 too badly infested with pests or fungi to allow their dissemina- 

 tion in the markets and the country. 



The prohibition of plant and seed shipments through the 

 mails from foreign countries tends to diminish the chances of 

 accidental introduction of serious pests. 



All fruits and vegetables arriving from the Pacific Coast are 

 used for local consumption and owing to the rigid inspection and 

 standardization of these conditions there, these shipments present 

 a very clean and improved condition when compared with those 

 of a few years ago. A few of the more important fruit and 

 vegetable shipments consisted of : 



Cabbages 2,735 crates 



Lemons 6,951 boxes 



Onions '. 30,999 crates 



Celery 2,450 crates 



Oranges 51,621 boxes 



Potatoes 111,434 bags 



Some of these commodities have of late been grown in larger 

 quantities in the islands and there seems no reason why this 

 should not be encourasred. 



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Inter-Island Inspection. 



The inspection of all fruits, vegetables and plants leaving Ho- 

 nolulu for ports on the other islands has continued on the same 

 lines as last year. During the fiscal year 732 steamers were at- 

 tended to and 9,087 packages of plants, fruits and vegetables have 

 been inspected. Of this number 321 packages were refused ship- 

 ment either on account of being infested with pests or of having 



