Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu. Dec. 31, 1916. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, 

 Hawaii. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my report of the work 

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

 cember. 1916, as follows : 



During the month there arrived at the port of Honolulu 47 

 vessels, of which 22 carried vegetable matter and one, sailing 

 vessel, sand. Of these vessels, six passed by the way of the 

 Panama Canal in transit to the Orient. 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 1346 23,144 



Fumigated 9 14 



Burned 44 45 



Total 1399 23,203 



Of these shipments, 22,912 packages arrived as freight, 161 

 packages as baggage of passengers and immigrants, and 130 pack- 

 ages as mail matter. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 13.249 bags of rice and 2286 bags of beans 

 arrived from Oriental ports and after careful inspection were 

 passed as free from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Approximately 3561 pieces of baggage belonging to passen- 

 gers and immigrants from foreign countries were examined, anc 

 21 packages of fruit and 21 packages of vegetables were seizec 

 and destroyed by burning. 



On December 4 a passenger brought a pine tree infested with 

 aphis (Chermes species), which was fumigated before delivery. 



On December 5 two packages of seeds arrived by mail frqjm 

 Argentina for the Forester and were fumigated as a precaution 

 before delivery. 



On the same day a package of acorns was brought by a pas- 

 senger from California. Some of the seeds had beetle grubs in 

 them and one acorn had the larva of a moth. All were fumigated 

 and the infested acorns were destroyed. 



On December 7 a package of tree seeds arrived from Manila 

 by mail for the Forester and was fumigated before delivery. 



