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DIXISIOX OF ENTOAFOLOGY. 



Honolulu, July 31. 1914. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



Gentlemen: — I respectfully submit ni}- report of the work ])er- 

 formed by the Division of Entomology for the month of July, 

 1914, as follows: 



During the month Z7 vessels arrived at the port of Honolulu, 

 of which 20 carried vegetable matter. 



Disposal Lots Parcels 



Passed as free from pests 1016 20,590 



Fumigated 13 36 



Burned 33 33 



Returned 4 4 



Total inspected 1066 20,663 



Of these shipments 20,456 packages arrived as freight, 117 

 packages as baggage of passengers and immigrants and 90 pack- 

 ages by the U. S. mail. 



Rice and Bean Shipments. 



During the month 22,569 bags of rice and 2,434 bags of beans 

 arrived from Japan and 20 mats of rice from China. All of these 

 shipments were thoroughly inspected and were found free from 

 pests. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Twenty-three packages of fruit and 6 packages of vegetables 

 were found in the baggage of passengers and immigrants from 

 foreign countries, all of which being prohibited were destroyed. 

 I'^our packages of soil arrived by mail from ^lanila and were 

 seized and the owner notified that soil is ])rohiI)ited from entry 

 lure. This soil was sent here to be analyzed but the consignee 

 did not care to forward the same to the Coast for this jnu-pose. 

 so it was burnt. Four packages of plants and seeds were rc- 

 turne.'l to sJiinpers in foreign countries as being ])rohil)ited in the 

 mails under the rules and regulations of the Federal Horticultural 

 Board. On an azalea plant from Tapan were fnmid a few flea 

 beetles and the plant was fumigated before delivery. ( )n a ship- 

 mcnl f)f camellia plants from Tat)an we found some nvmphs of a 

 f femil^feron crawling f)n the cloth covering on board the steamer. 

 We immerliatelv had the packaires placed in the fumigating room 

 and treated with gas. .After fumigation we fouufl all crawling 

 insects dead, among ihem being some caterpillars. I'our boxc^ 

 of Mexican limes arrived on the S. S. Emdine and as all Mexican 

 fruit i> contraband tin- boxes were seized and the consignee noti- 



