194 



Of these shipments, 13,991 packages arrived as freight, 152 

 packages as baggage of passengers and immigrants, and 133 

 packages by the U. S. mail. 



RICE AND P.EAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 10,567 bags of rice and 1098 bags of beans 

 arrived from Japan and after thorough inspection were allowed 

 to land, being free from any pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Twelve packages of fruit and two packages of vegetables were 

 found in the baggage of passengers and immigrants from foreign 

 countries, all of wdiich, being contraband, was burned. 



A shipment of ornamental plants from Ohio was taken from 

 the postofifice. It was infested with red spider, and after fumiga- 

 tion was allowed to be delivered. A package of rose plants was 

 also treated on account of being infested with rose aphis. Three 

 hundred fifty-one cases of apples were overhauled for spun-up 

 worms in the boxes before they were permitted to land. Nine 

 bags of coconuts arrived from Fanning Island and were treated 

 with carbon bisulphide fumes before delivery. This is done more 

 as a precautionary measure, because we often find species of 

 beetles and other insects hibernating in the shipment. A few coco- 

 nuts in this lot had a common scale insect {Hcmichionaspis 

 minor) on the stem ends ; we also found a cricket. 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS. 



Six small packages arrived from Dr. Silvestri from Italv. con- 

 taining Staphylinid beetles, enemies of hornfly, housefly, stablefly 

 and other dung flies. As all these are sliipped with manure I 

 have been very cautious to take out all living beetles and then 

 fumigate and destroy by burning all material left, b'our of the 

 packages contained 68 living beetles in good condition ; in the two 

 other packages all the beetles were dead on arrival. 



Two lots of inoctdated japamse beetles were sent to Alolokai, 

 two lots were sent to Kauai and four lots were distributed on 

 Oahu. 



Iin.O INSPECTION. 



lirother Xewcl! at 1 lilo reports tlu- arrival of nine steamers and 

 one sailing vessel, of which six steamers brought vegetable mat- 

 ter consisting of 147 lots and 2259 packages which were found 

 all free from pests and were allowed to land. There also arrived 

 direct from Japan the steamer Seiyo Maru, bringing 6500 bags of 



