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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, March 31, 1917. 



Roarcl of Commissioners of Agriculture and Foretry, 

 Honolulu, T. H. 



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

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

 1917, as follows: 



During the month there arrived at the port of Honolulu 51 

 vessels, of which 23 carried vegetable matter. Of these vessels 6 

 passed through the Panama Canal in transit to the Orient. 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests .... 974 20,657 



Fumigated 15 806 



Burned 103 103 



Returned 5 27 



Total inspected 1,097 21,593 



Of these shipments, 21,195 packages arrived as freight, 192 

 packages as baggage of passengers and immigrants,' and 206 

 packages as mail matter. 



Rice and Bean Shipments. 



During the month 27,005 bags of rice and 1,764 bags of beans 

 arrived from Japan and Oriental ports, and after careful inspec- 

 tion were passed as free from pests. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Approximately 6,298 pieces of baggage belonging to passen- 

 gers and immigrants from foreign countries were examined, and 

 76 packages of fruit and 26 packages of vegetables were seized 

 and destroyed by burning. 



On March 13 a case of orchids arrived from Guatemala, Cen- 

 tral America. The plants were fumigated, as we found the 

 Palm aphis {Certaphis lataniae), and a mealybug (Ceropiito 

 species) infesting several plants. We also found a nest of ants 

 (Pheidole species) and a black weevil in the packing which was 

 detroyed by burning. 



On March 15 a pine tree belonging to a member of the crew 

 who attempted to bring it ashore was returned to the vessel. 



Ob March 17th, 4 cases of fruit trees and ornamental plants 

 arrived from Japan. They were fumigated as we found a colony 



