299 



Of these shipments 23,065 packages arrived as freight, 132 

 packages as baggage of passengers and immigrants, and 57 

 packages by the U. S. mail. 



RICE AND BRAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 31,397 bags of Japanese rice, 5 bags of Chi- 

 nese rice and 2071 bags of Japanese beans arrived at the port. 

 All of these shipments were carefully examined and were found 

 free from pests. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Twenty-live packages of fruit and two packages of vegetables 

 were found in the baggage of passengers and immigrants from 

 foreign countries, all of which were destroyed as contraband. 

 One hundred bags of corn from Manchuria were found infested 

 with the common rice weevil and were fumigated with carbon 

 bisulphide before delivery. Forty-two crates of California 

 peaches were seized and destroyed, as they were badly infested 

 with the larvae of the peach moth. One package of plants from 

 New York was found infested with the citrus mealybug and was 

 fumigated before delivery. Three baskets of sweet potatoes 

 from China were infested with the sweet potato weevil and sweet 

 potato moth and were destroyed by burning. A package of taro 

 from the Philippines came through the mail and was returned to 

 the shipper under the ruling of the Federal horticultural law. 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS. 



During the month 4200 parasites were liberated in various 

 places. They consist of 1000 Optus humilis for the ]\Iediterra- 

 nean fruit fly, 2000 were the three species of hornfly parasites 

 and 1200 were parasites of the pupa of the fruit fly and were 

 liberated in a cucumber field to ascertain if they will attack the 

 pupae of the melon fly. On August 111 received three samples 

 of ripe coffee berries from the Kona district, Hawaii, for the 

 purpose of ascertaining how far the Opius parasite has spread. 

 These samples were from Kaawaloa, Kealakekua, Kiloa and Wai- 

 panaula. From all of them was reared Opius huuiilis, the Af- 

 rican parasite. From the Kaawaloa lot we were agreeably sur- 

 prised to rear the Australian Opius (Biachasma tryoni). This 

 species was liberated under a tent in the Kona section at Honau- 

 nau on June 12, 1913, and up to its appearance this month had 

 not been observed. 



HILO INSPECTION. 



Brother M. Newell reports the arrival of eight steamers and 

 two sailing vessels at the port of Hilo. Five steamers brought 



