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in half an hour, and be ready to inspect the steamer on which he was 

 ti^veling in so short a time. The first steamer came from the Orient 

 via Honolulu and as soon as the federal health officer lowered the quar- 

 antine flag, one horticultural c^uarantine official and three or more 

 customs' men boarded the ship which they met in the open sea in a 

 launch and began to search the ship's stores, the steerage lockers, the 

 steerage galleys, the forecastle galleys, etc. As this steamship sailed 

 from a foreign port, and docked at San Francisco, forty or more cus- 

 toms' men began to search the travelers' baggage. Whenever these 

 customs' men found a horticultural product of any kind they held the 

 same until a quarantine officer examined it. The horticultural officers 

 received a special manifest setting forth everj^ article of horticultural 

 product that was on the ship. The manifest was taken to the dock 

 agent and the horticultural products were marked on this list and 

 could not be removed from the dock until searched. One horticul- 

 tural officer has boarded the next steamer and as it approaches the 

 dock, the two remaining quarantine officers hurry to meet this steamer. 

 This steamer happened to be sailing between two domestic ports, i. e., 

 Honolulu and San Francisco. The United States Customs' men do 

 not search ships plying between domestic ports and the quarantine 

 officers must, therefore, perform all of this work. There are two steam- 

 ship companies running steamers between Honolulu and San Fran- 

 cisco and every one of these ships is absolutely dependent upon the 

 quarantine officers for examination. 



What about other ports along California, Oregon and Washington 

 coasts where no quarantine is being maintained? Sailing vessels from 

 Honolulu and other Hawaiian ports sail to California, Oregon, and 

 Washington ports. And again, what about Australian steamers which 

 stop at Honolulu and then proceed to Vancouver? Shipments by 

 rail or by Pacific coasts steamers from these ports would be a constant 

 danger of distributing infested fruit from the Hawaiian Islands. In 

 connection with the oil ports in California the ship owners have issued 

 an order to the captains of all their vessels on September 8, 1911, which 

 reads as follows : " From now on it will be against the rules of this com- 

 pany for you or any of j'our crew to bring ashore any fruits that are 

 put on board your vessels at Honolulu. Any infringement of this 

 will mean expulsion." Under the Plant Quarantine Act it is unlawful 

 for these sailing vessels to receive for transportation from Honolulu 

 any quarantined fruits or vegetables. British Columbia has placed a 

 complete quarantine against any kind of fruit from the Hawaiian 

 Islands. 



Ships' Stores: An arrangement has been made with ship owners 

 that all fruits and vegetables purchased at Honolulu for ships' stores 



