214 



The following packages were seized and refused shipment on 

 account of not meeting the required regulations pertaining to soil 

 and infestation: 



Plants 6 packages 



Fruit 5 packages 



Total refused 11 packages 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. Ehrhorn, 

 Chief, Division of Plant Inspection. 



REPORT FOR JULY. 



Honolulu, July 31, 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 July, 1917, 

 as follows : 



During the month there arrived at the port of Honolulu 51 

 vessels, of which 26 carried vegetable matter, and two of these 

 passed through the Canal Zone in transit to the Orient. 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 1,222 17,381 



Burned 58 59 



Fumigated 6 146 



Returned 1 1 



Total inspected 1,287 17,587 



Of these shipments, 17,220 packages arrived as freight, 96 

 packages as mail matter and 271 packages as baggage of pas- 

 sengers and immigrants. 



Rice and Beau Shipme^its. 



During the month 28,239 bags of rice and 3608 bags of beans 

 arrived from Japan and the Orient, and all but 100 bags of Jap- 

 anese rice were passed as free from pests ; the 100 bags were 

 fumigated with carbon-bisulphide before delivery, as they were 

 infested with the rice moth, Paralipsa modesta. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Approximately 4989 pieces of foreign baggage belonging to 

 passengers and immigrants from foreign countries were exam- 



