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desta), a very serious pest of stored rice and beans not as yet in- 

 troduced. All rice shipments destined here are fumigated at 

 Kobe, Japan, under Eule III. of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Forestry, and I am pleased to say that of the total shipments of 

 602,375 bags of rice and 50,535 bags of beans inspected we only 

 found 3,400 bags of rice and 162 bags of beans which had to be 

 fumigated on account of infestation by the rice moth. 



The rice moth (Paralipsa modesta) attacking bean shipments 

 came to our notice during 1913, and I immediately requested all 

 shippers to include beans in the fumigation order at Kobe, Japan. 

 In this matter I had the heartiest cooperation of the consignees 

 and of the Japanese Merchants' Association, and herewith extend 

 to them my sincere appreciation. 



About the middle of J^ovember, 1913, the Toyo Kisen Kaisha 

 Steamship Company made Hilo a direct port of call for their 

 South American run instead of Honolulu. This meant that Hilo 

 would be a direct port of entry for Japanese goods, and the arrival 

 of all kinds of freight including rice and beans. During 1913 and 

 1914 a number of steamers touched at Hilo and large cargoes of 

 rice and beans were landed^ but fortunately all these shipments 

 were free from the rice pests. Precautions were taken with the 

 first shipment lest some misunderstanding regarding the fumiga- 

 tion requirements had been made, and I dispatched Mr. D. B. 

 Kuhns to Hilo to be present at the landing of the shipment. He 

 found that the rice was clean, and that the shippers had attended 

 to the fumigation at Kobe ; the first steamer brought 6457 bags of 

 rice and 110 bags of beans. 



EQUIPMENT. 



It is very gratifying to me to be able to report that our in- 

 spection equipment is at least very complete at the Port of Hono- 

 lulu. In 1912 I drew attention to the inadequate quarters that 

 were at our disposal for fumigating large shipments of rice (see 

 page 120 of the 1912 report), and recommended the erection of a 

 large house for fumigating purposes at that time. During the 

 latter part of 1913 a very substantial building 20 x 30 feet with 

 12 foot ceiling has been built on Kilauea Street near Pier 'No. 1, 

 it being the most important dock where Oriental cargoes are 

 landed. In building this structure the very best plans for economy 

 as well as efficiency were used. Every precaution has been used 

 to make fumigation without danger to human life, and two venti- 

 lators, one to expel heavy gases and the other to expel light gases, 

 have been installed. We have had occasion to use the house, and 

 have had excellent results. Through the kindness of the Board of 

 Harbor Commissioners, the old office under the staircase has 

 been changed to a large roomy office at the entrance of Pier ISTo, 



