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DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



Honolulu, June 30, 1915. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



Gentlemen : — 1 respectfully submit my report of the work 

 performed by the Division of Entomology for the month of 

 June, 1915, as follows: 



During the month 59 vessels arrived at the port of Honolulu 

 of which 24 carried vegetable matter and two vessels carried 

 moulding sand. Of these vessels eight came via the Panama 

 Canal. 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 1,122 18,864 



Fumigated 2 2 



Burned 38 38 



Returned 1 1 



Total inspected 1,163 18,905 



Of these shi]:)ments 18,674 packages arrived as freight. 103 

 packages as mail matter and 128 packages as baggage of pas- 

 sengers and immigrants. 



RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 



During the month 24,977 bags of Japanese rice, 76 bags of 

 Chinese rice, 1996 bags of Japanese beans and 193 bags of sorg- 

 hum seed arrived, and after a thorough inspection were found 

 free from rice, bean and grain pests and all shipments were al- 

 lowed to be delivered. 



PESTS INTERCEPTED. 



Nineteen packages of fruit and seven packages of vegetables, 

 also six packages of plants, were taken from the baggage of pas- 

 sengers and immigrants from foreign countries and destroyed by 

 burning. The plants were destroyed under the rules of the Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Board on account of not having the required 

 permits of entry. A package of beans from Spain was found 

 infested with the common bean weevil and was fumigated before 

 delivery. A package of algaroba beans from Manila was infest- 

 ed with the larvae of some weevil, and was fumigated before de- 

 livery. A juniper plant was taken from its container and all soil 

 removed and after replanting same in sterilized soil was allowed 

 to pass. One package of hibiscus cuttings from the Philippines 

 was intercepted at the postoffice and was returned to the shipper 

 as unmailable under the rules of the Federal Horticultural Board. 



