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DIVISION OF PLANT INSPECTION. 
REPORT OF THE CHIEF PLANT INSPECTOR, NOVEMBER, 1921. 
November 30, 1921. 
Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, Hawaii. 
Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report of the work carried on by 
the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of November, 1921, as 
follows: 
During the month 42 vessels arrived at the Port of Honolulu, 24 of 
which carried vegetable matter and 6 came by way of the Canal. The 
following disposal was made of the various shipments: 
Lots. Pkgs. 
Passed as free from pests 2,459 59,819 
Fumigated 5 5 
Burned 81 81 
Returned 3 3 
Total Inspected 2,548 59,908 
Of these shipments 59,437 packages arrived as freight, 319 as bag- 
gage and 152 as mail. 
RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS. 
18,519 bags of rice and 764 bags of beans from the U. S., and 4,146 
bags of rice and 1,621 bags of beans from Japan arrived, all passed as 
free from pests. 
PESTS INTERCEPTED. 
Approximately 3,212 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 
foreign countries were examined fvom which 35 lots of fruit and 30 
lots of vegetables were seized and destroyed. A tabulated list of ma- 
terial intercepted other than the above mentioned fruits and vegetables 
follows: 
Australia: 
Nov. 26. 1 pot plant, baggage, burned. Prohibited. 
" 26. 1 pot plant, baggage, returned. Prohibited. 
China ; 
Nov. 20. 2 pkg. taro plants, baggage, burned. Prohibited. 
" 24. 1 pkg. beans, baggage, burned. BrucJivs chineiiKis. 
" 24. 1 pkg. bamboo shoots, baggage, burned. Prohibited. 
" 24. 2 pkg. paddy rice, baggage, burned. Prohibited, 
" 24. 2 lots pomelo, baggage, burned. Parlatoria zizijphu^. 
India: 
Nov. 14. 6 cocoanuts, mail to Lyon, fumigated, dead scale on bracts. 
Japan: 
Nov. 14. 1 pkg. beans, mail, fumigated. Precautionary. 
" 20. 1 pkg bulbs, baggage, burned Prohibited. 
Philippines: 
" 24. 
2 pkg. paddy rice, baggage, burned. Prohibited. 
