A case of yams packed in rice chafif was found in the baggage 

 of an immigrant from Japan. A nest of ants {prcnolepis longi- 

 cornis) was found in the packing material, and box and contents 

 were fumigated with carbon bisulphide for 48 hours ; when again 

 examined all ants were dead. 



A passenger brought a bunch of bananas from Fiji December 

 8 on the S. S. Niagara which was seized and returned on board. 



On the same steamer a passenger brought a hydrangea plant 

 from Sydney which was fumigated and the soil removed before 

 delivery. 



On December 10 five packages of coffee seed came by mail from 

 Java for the Hawaii Experiment Station. The seed was re- 

 moved from the packing, and treated in a 4% solution of forma- 

 lin; the p'acking was destroyed. The young plants will be in 

 quarantine for six months. 



December 18 a passenger brought a five-needle pine tree in 

 his baggage, also an infested maple tree. Both w^ere destroyed 

 by burning, the pine tree being contraband under ruling of the 

 Federal Horticultural Board, Washington, D. C. 



One ornamental plant with the same steamer was fumigated 

 and the soil removed before delivery. 



On December 19 the crew of the S. S. Ventura tried to land 

 some alligator pears from Samoa. These were seized and de- 

 stroyed. 



Several palms in a shipment of plants from California on De- 

 cember 25 had to be fumigated on account of mealy bug infesta- 

 tion. 



On December 7 two cases of beneficial insects arrived on the 

 S. S. Persia Maru for Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association ex- 

 periment station. These were opened in my presence by Mr. 

 Swezey and all material and w^aste has been destroyed after 

 the parasites were secured. 



HILO INSPECTION. 



Brother M. Newell of Hilo reports the arrival of five steam- 

 ers, four of which brought vegetable matter, consisting of 270 

 lots and 5322 packages of fruits and vegetables. On December 

 11 the S. S. Seiyu Maru arrived direct from Japan, bringing 6215 

 bags of rice, 209 bags of beans, 20 bags of peanuts, 10 bags of 

 millet and 2 boxes of yams. All of the above shipments were 

 free from pests. 



INTER-ISLAND INSPECTION. 



Sixty-two steamers plying between the port of Honolulu and 

 other islands were attended to during the month. The following 

 shipments were passed as free from pests : 



