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of beans arrived in the Territory and of this number only 162 

 bags were found infested with the moth. 



About the middle of November the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Steam- 

 ship Company made Hilo a port of call for their South American 

 run instead of Honolulu. This meant the arrival of all kinds of 

 freight, including rice and beans, direct from Japanese ports to 

 Hilo. The first steamer brought 6457 bags of rice and 110 bags 

 of beans. As this was a new experience for the Hilo inspector 

 I thought it best to oversee his work and accordingly dispatched 

 Mr. D. B. Kuhns, my local inspector, to attend to this matter. 

 The shipments proved to be free from both rice pests. 



Equipment. 



The eciuipment of the Division of Entomology has been added 

 to since my last report. In 1912 I drew attention to the inade- 

 quate quarters that were at our disposal for fumigating large 

 shipments of infested rice [see page 120 of the 1912 report], and 

 recommended the erection of a large fumigating house for this 

 purpose at that time. During the latter part of the year a very 

 good fumigating house 20 x 30 feet, with 12 foot ceiling, has been 

 built near Pier No. 7, that being the dock where all Oriental car- 

 goes are unloaded. In building this structure the very best plans 

 for economy as well as efficiency were used. Also, two vent 

 doors, one at the ceiling line for light gases and one at the floor 

 line for heavy gases, make our fumigation absolutely without 

 danger to human life. We have had occasion to test this house 

 and have had excellent results. 



Through the kindness of the Board of Harbor Commissioners, 

 I have had the privilege of changing my main dock ofifice on 

 Pier No. 7 from a small office under the staircase to the one which 

 was formerly occupied by the harbormaster, near the main en- 

 trance to the dock. This is more commodious and has greatly 

 assisted us in this important branch of our work. 



As the port of Hilo is now in direct communication with the 

 Orient and as there are no facilities for handling infested rice 

 shipments should any arrive there, it becomes apparent that we 

 shall have to provide a similar fumigating house at that port. I 

 would, therefore, recommend that the Commissioners consider 

 this important matter favorably and enable the building of the 

 necessary structure. 



The question is often asked why rice shipments are found in- 

 fested, when all rice is fumigated at Kobe, Japan. In answer to 

 this I will state that our observations in the past have demon- 

 strated that these shipments can easily become infested in the 

 hold of the vessel during the voyage from Japan here, because all 

 rice shipments going to the mainland are not fumigated before 

 leaving Kobe. Our shipments of rice are very often placed along- 

 side or even on top of these shipments. For this reason the 



