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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, May 15, 1917. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, 

 T. H. 



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

 by the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of April, 1917, 

 as follows : 



During the month there arrived at the port of Honolulu 40 ves- 

 sels, of which 25 carried vegetable matter. Of these vessels, five 

 passed through the Panama Canal in transit to the Orient. 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 767 15,129 



Fumigated 8 19 



Burned 84 118 



Returned 2 5 



Total Inspected 861 15,271 



Of these shipments, 14,888 packages arrived as freight, 197 pack- 

 ages as mail matter and 186 packages as baggage of passengers 

 and immigrants. 



Rice and Bean Shipments. 



During the month 26,677 bags of rice and 2545 bags of beans 

 arrived from Japan and Oriental ports and after careful inspec- 

 tion were passed as free from pests. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Approximately 3387 pieces of baggage belonging to passengers 

 and immigrants from foreign countries were examined and 45 

 packages of fruit and 48 packages of vegetables were seized and 

 destroyed by burning. 



On April 5, three orchids were found in the baggage of a pas- 

 senger from Manila and were fumigated. In the tree limbs to 

 which the orchids were attached we found beetles, and a few ants 

 were found in the packing. 



On April 21, two pine trees were found in the baggage of a 

 passenger from Japan and were seized and destroyed on account 

 of being contraband. 



