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Division of Plant Inspection 



Honolulu, Hawaii, May 31, 1917. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu. 



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

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

 as follows : 



During the month there arrived at the port of Honolulu 59 

 vessels, of which 27 carried vegetable matter. Of these ves- 

 sels 2 passed through the Canal Zone in transit to the Orient. 



Disposal Lots Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 830 15,194 



Fumigated 26 92 



Burned *. 113 119 



Returned 5 5 



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Total inspected 974 15,410 



Of these shipments 14,907 packages arrived as freight, 268 

 packages as mail matter and 235 packages as baggage of pas- 

 sengers and immigrants. 



Rice and Bean Shipments. 



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During the month 68,488 bags of rice and 4184 bags of beans 

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

 tion were passed as free from pests. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Approximately 7377 pieces of foreign baggage belonging to 

 passengers and immigrants were examined and 68 packages of 

 fruit and 40 packages of vegetables were seized and destroyed by 

 burning. 



On May 5th, a passenger from Manila brought 30 orchids 

 and two ornamental trees, with permit to import. These were 

 fumigated and one orchid showing decay was destroyed. 



On May 3rd, shipments of plants from California were fumi- 

 gated on account of being infested with plantlice and ants. 



On May 9th, 2 baskets of garlic in the cargo of the S. S. China 

 were found infested with the larvae of a Lepidopteron, probably 

 Ephestia clutella, and were fumigated with carbon bisulphide be- 

 fore delivery. 



