158 



Of these shipments 25,301 packages arrived as freight. 177 

 packages by mail and 117 packages as baggage of passengers 

 and immigrants. 



Rice and Bean Shipments. 



During the month the usual quota of rice and bean shipments 

 from the Orient was thoroughly inspected. Thirty-two thousand 

 five hundred seventy-six bags of rice and 2357 bags of beans 

 arrived which were found free from pests and allowed to land. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Forty-eight packages of fruit and 22) packages of vegetables 

 were found in the baggage of passengers and immigrants from 

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

 seized and destroyed by burning. 



Three packages of plants and 3 packages of seeds arrived by 

 parcels post from a foreign country and. imder the ruling of the 

 Federal horticultural board, were returned to the shipper by the 

 postmaster. 



The Luka brought a cargo of coconuts (about 4000) and by 

 previous arrangement they were turned over to us for treatment. 

 They were fumigated in the large fumigating house on Kilauea 

 street in the usual manner and more ])articularly as a precau- 

 tionary measure. A few of the nuts had indications of the work 

 of Lcpidoptcrous larvae, feeding in the old, soft fibre. Probably 

 it is the same species we have here. 



A large package of Japanese sugarcane came by mail from 

 Florida. I found it infested with the fungus Collctotrichnm 

 falcatiim, kindly determined for me by Dr. Lyon, and ordered it 

 burnt in Lucas' mill. Hie party receiving it lives on Maui and 

 saw an advertisement in a paper that this kind of sugarcane is 

 good for forage. Through the kindness of the H. S. P. A. she 

 will receive a good supply of Japanese sugarcane in a few weeks. 



Three hundred twenty-five cases of apples had lo be overhauled 

 on account of containing larvae of the codlingmoth between the 

 ends and sides of the boxes, the fruit being in excellent condition 

 and free from worms. I have notified the ship])ers of this con- 

 dition and I have warned them that in the future such .shipments 

 will be either returned to them or destroyed. Fifteen boxes of 

 apples were infested with codlingnintli and were rettuMicd to the 

 Coast. 



A case of hibiscus cuttings and one of growing ginger arrived 

 by the S. S. Sonoma from Samoa and not having the necessary 

 permit from the Federal horticultural board were ordered de- 

 stroyed. The hibiscus cuttings were infested with two scale in- 

 sects, Saissctia nii^ra and Chionaspis mussaendoe : the ginger with 

 a mealy bug. 



