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very easy matter to so formulate regulatios to prohibit absolutely 

 the shipment of m:aterials which would tend to carry any pest or 

 disease, should such be accidentally introduced. 



During the biennial period 1438 steamers going from Hono- 

 lulu to various ports on the other islands were attended to, and 

 23,906 packages were examined. These consisted of 5,136 pack- 

 ages of plants, 18,116 packages of vegetables and 654 packages of 

 fruit. The bulk of the plants were nursery stock shipped by the 

 Division of Forestry in the usual plant boxes, being young seed- 

 lings grown in sterilized soil. The bulk of the vegetables was 

 taro for poi making, and this is always thoroughly cleansed from 

 soil before shipment. The fruit was mostly imported fruit from 

 the mainland. In all 668 packages were refused shipment be- 

 cause of infestation, or, in the case of plants, because questionable 

 soil was attached to the roots. On account of the rush of pas- 

 sengers at the gangways at time of sailing it has been our prac- 

 tice to inspect the staterooms, and especially look through the 

 steerage quarters before the gangway is lowered. As far as fin- 

 ances and equipment would permit, everything has been done to 

 make the inter-island inspection thorough. 



The following tables give a summary of the inspection work 

 performed at Honolulu and Hilo, also one table showing a sum- 

 mary of inter-island inspection : 



