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weevils and larvae of the rice moth can readily crawl from one 

 lot to another. So long as these conditions continue, the con- 

 signee at Honolulu or Hilo can hardly he held responsible for 

 the infestation if there be any on arrival, especially when he 

 has complied with the fumigation regulations in Japan. /\11 bills 

 of lading for shipments of rice coming to this Territory have 

 government certificates of fumigation attached. I have recently 

 taken up this matter with the Commissioner of Horticulture of 

 the State of California looking to the possibility of that State 

 requiring the fumigation of all rice shipments in Japan and he 

 has promised to look into the matter. 



Intcr-Island Inspection. 



The rule which was drawn up by the Board of Agriculture 

 and Forestry for establishing Inter-Island inspection was passed 

 at the time when the Mediterranean fruitfly made its appearance 

 on the Island of Oahu and its intention was to keep the pest from 

 spreading from that island to the other islands. Now that the 

 pest has gained a foothold on all the islands 'we are more con- 

 vinced than ever that other pests which might be accidentally 

 introduced at Honolulu, the port of entry, should be closely 

 watched. All plants, fruit, vegetables aufl soil, capable of carry- 

 ing pests of any kind, have been closely examined during the 

 vear and whenever found infested have been refused shipment to 

 the other islands. Especial stress has been put on soil attached 

 to the roots of plants which were removed from the ground or 

 recently potted. The constant finding of grubs and beetles and 

 especially finding the larvae of nymphs of cicadas in soil from 

 Oriental countries shows clearly the necessity of a very close in- 

 spection here. Should accidental introduction of such pests as 

 just mentioned, or should any plant disease carried in soil, ever 

 occur, we are in a i)Osition through the Intcr-Island inspection to 

 prevent their dissemination to the other Islands for sonic time at 

 least. 



During the vear 716 stcuners going from 1 lonolulu to the 

 various ports on the other islands were attended to and 13,658 

 packages were examined. These consisted of 407.5 jxickages of 

 plants, 9252 packages of vegetables and 330 packages of fruit. 

 The bulk of the plants were nursery stock shipped by the Division 

 of Forestry in the usual ])lant boxes, being young seedlings grown 

 in sterilized soil. The bulk (jf the vegetables was taro for poi- 

 making and it was thoroughly washed before shiinnent. The 

 fruit was mostlv imi)f)rted fruit from the mainland. In all 326 

 packages were refused shipment on account of infestation or, in 

 the case of plants, because questionable soil was attached. Owing 

 to the rush of passengers at the gangway at time of sailing it 

 has been our practice to inspect the staterooms and especially look 

 throutrh the steerage (luarters before the gangwav is l(jwered. 



