Inspection workload continues to increase at offshore inspection points 
in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, American Virgin Islands, Nassau and Bermuda. 
In Hawaii, where the Division maintains its second largest port staff, 
a rapid expansion of tourist travel has resulted from lower transporta- 
tion fares and encouragement of off-season tourism. During the past 
five years the number of passengers given predeparture plant quarantine 
inspection in Hawaiihas steadily increased from 638, 335 in Fiscal Year 
1960 to 837,217 in Fiscal Year 1964. 
New attempts to reach travelers withinformation on quarantine 
restrictions have been made in order to better protect U. S. food and 
fiber crops, forests andornamental plantings. Three one-minute, 
public service TV announcements were released to 200 stations during 
the summer and fall travel seasons. Many were used during prime 
evening viewing hours by stations in metropolitan areas, and conserva- 
tive estimates indicate that at least 50 million persons viewed each an- 
nouncement, Earlier efforts to reachmilitary personnel returning to the 
U. S. were substantially strengthened by production of a color movie on 
agricultural quarantines as they apply to military movements. 
Anew approach to informing U. S. travelers is the inclusion of a notice 
on agricultural quarantines in all United States passports to be issued 
after January 1, 1964. This willfurther strengthen the information 
program initiated several years ago. Printed notices previously avail- 
able will continue to be used through the cooperation of travel agents, 
airlines, steamship companies and hotels as well as the Department of 
State and other Federal agencies. 
