103 
Disposal zvith principal causes. 
Passed as free from pests . . 
Fumigated before releasing . . 
Burned 
Lots 
882 
10 
54 
Parcels- 
20,165 
309 
54 
Total Inspected 
946 
20,528 
The Inspector at Hilo reports having boarded six vessels, of 
which five carried vegetable matter, consisting of 182 lots and 
3743 packages, which were passed as free from pests. 
The bulk of the shipments during this month consisted of 
fruits and vegetables intended for the Xmas trade, and here as 
v/ell as at Hilo it was noticeable that especially choice goods were 
shipped to the Islands. The fruit was of large size and good 
quality, and the vegetables clean, well packed and selected. 
Brother Newell records the largest shipment for any month in 
the historv of Hilo, and adds : "Thanks to the good education 
the shippers are acquiring, only clean goods were forwarded." 
The Japanese rice shipments this month amounted to 18,109 
bags and after thorough inspection we failed to find any weevils 
or pests in these shipments. 
On a shipment of plants from Japan we found the White 
peach scale Aiilacaspis pentagona, the Camellia scale Pseuda- 
onidia duplex, and the Small Wax scale Ceroplastes riisci, and 
on a few Camellias we found a few Bag Worms Thyriodopteryx 
sp. After thorough fumigation each plant was gone over and 
all infested foliage removed and all bag worms, although dead, 
Vv^ere picked off. From the Orient we confiscated and burned 
54 packages of fruit found in the baggage of the immigrants at 
the Immigration Station. 
During the month your Superintendent made a special report 
on the proposed shipment of Bluefield banana sprouts from Cen- 
tral America as mentioned in my last report, and is gratified at 
the action the Board has taken in not allowing any shipments to 
enter the Territory. 
It is with regret that I have to report the illness of my assist- 
ant, Mr. H. O. Marsh, at this time. Mr. Marsh has continued 
his field and laboratory work on the same lines as heretofore, 
and since his illness I have continued his observations and study 
of the life history of two of the most destructive vegetable pests 
on the Islands, Hinienia fascialis and Hellula iindalis. The im- 
portance of knowing how many broods these pests produce dur- 
ing the year, requires the continuation of the v/ork and has added 
considerable exertion to my duties. 
Respectfully submitted, 
E. M. Ehrhorn, 
Superintendent of Entomology, 
