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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, October 16, 1916. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Hono- 

 lulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen : — 1 respectfully submit my report of the work 

 done by the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of Sep- 

 tember, 1916, as follows : 



During the month there arrived at the port of Honolulu, 36 

 vessels, of which 20 carried vegetable matter. Of these ves- 

 sels two passed through the Panama Canal in transit to the 

 Orient. 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 1229 35,867 



Fumigated 156 1,506 



Burned 27 80 



Returned 6 38 



Total inspected 1418 37,491 



Of these shipments, 37,243 packages arrived as freight, 143 

 packages as baggage of passengers and immigrants, and 105 

 packages as mail matter. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 17,849 bags of rice and 986 bags of beans 

 arrived from Japan and Oriental ports and were found free from 

 pests after a careful inspection. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 4195 pieces of baggage from foreign countries 

 were examined during the month, most of which were found 

 at the U. S. Immigration Station, and 16 lots of fruit and 10 lots 

 of vegetables were seized and destroyed by burjiing. Four cases 

 of plants were brought by Mr. Joseph Rock of the College of Ha- 

 waii from Java and the Philippines. Many of the plants were 

 fumigated and then all soil was removed from each plant. This 

 was replaced by sterilized soil. The plants were very clean ex- 

 cept a few palms, which were infested with scale insects (Aspidi- 

 otus cyanophyUi) and one Agave with Saisettia nigra. In the 

 soil which was removed we found some Clirysomelid beetles, a 

 few Anomala larvae, two species of ants (Prenolepis bourbonica 

 and Monomorium pharaonis), a few millipeds (Jiilus sp.) and 

 a centiped {Scolopendra sp.). 



On September 13 a large shipment of plants, consisting of 7 



