68 

 DUISIOX OF EXTOAIOLOGY. 



Honolulu. l<eb. 2S, 1914. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and I'orestry. 



Gentlemen: — I respectfully subiuit my report of the Division 

 of Entomology work for the month of I'ebruary. 191 -l. as fol- 

 lows : 



During" the month 34 vessels arrived at the port of Honolulu, 

 of which 24 carried vegetable matter. 



Disposal , Lots Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 683 15,276 



Fumigated 1 27 



Burned 41 43 



Returned 4 42 



Total inspected 729 15,388 



Of these shipments 15,186 packages arrived by freight, 124 

 packages by mail and 78 packages as baggage of passengers and 

 immigrants. 



Rice Shipiiicnts. 



During the month 18,005 bags of rice and 1721 bags of beans 

 arrived from Japan and being found free from ix\sts were passed 

 for delivery. 



Pcsis Intercepted. 



Thirty-three ]:)ackag"es of fruit and 4 packages of vegetables 

 were found in the baggage of passeng"ers and immigrants from 

 foreign countries, all of which, being prohibited from entry, was 

 .seized and destroyed by burning. 



One lot of orchids from Costa Rica, Central America, came l)y 

 local boats and in the i')acking were found :i few Tencbrionid 

 beetles and some ants, 'i'hesc jjlants were fumigated and the 

 j)acking destroyed. A |)ermit from the federal horticultural board 

 accoiujnuiied the shipnient. 



Two cases of apples were returned to the storeroom of the 

 trans])ort Sherman, having been found infested with Codlingmoth. 



Thirty-eight sacks of potatoes arrived from Sydney, Australia, 

 and under a ruling of the federal iiorticultural board of the I'nited 

 States De])artmeiit of Agriculture could not enter the Territory 

 on account of not having the re(|uired i)ermit and the shi])ment 

 remained on board of the S. S. Marama. 



Probably the most remarkable seizure ever niaile by the divi- 

 sion took placi' in the postoffice. .\ i)ackage of twigs from Japan 

 was held for our ins])ection and on opening the same the inspector 



