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WORK PERFORMED 
During the year we inspected 712 vessels arriving at the ports of 
Honolulu, Hilo and Kahului. Of these 388 vessels carried vegetable 
matter consisting of 23,845 lots and 480,610 packages, of the following: 
Fruits and vegetables 477,292 
Seeds of various kinds 2,755 
Plants, bulbs and roots 563 
Total 480,610 
From all these shipments 729 packages were seized and destroyed by 
burning having been found infested with, serious pests; 203 packages 
w^ere fumigated either as a precaution or as being infested with minor 
pests already here; a-nd 397 packages w^ere refused entry, returned to the 
vessels on account of being infested with, pests or diseases or being con- 
traband under rulings of the Federal Horticultural Board of Washing- 
ton, D. C. 
RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS 
During 1921 we inspected 217,568 bags of rice and 36,649 bags of 
beans arriving through the ports of Honolulu and Hilo direct from 
Oriental ports. All these shipments w^ere found free from pests of any 
kind and all shipments were accompanied by certificates issued by govern- 
ment officials which has been in vogue for several years and by which 
w^e havq been able to check the indiscriminate shipments of old and 
badly infested materials. 
BAGGAGE DECLARATION UNDER FEDERAL RULE 
On October 1, the regulations for the carrying out of Notice of Quar- 
antine No. 51 took effect. On account of not receiving the necessary 
blanks for making declarations from Washington, w^e were unable to 
start this work until November 8. All coastwise vessels carrying pas- 
sengers are now^ boarded at Quarantine anchorage and all vessels have 
been furnished wdth the necessary blanks for baggage declaration. A 
complete record is being kept of all declarations made and what they 
consist of. So far w^e have had very little trouble in carrying out the 
regulation as all the agencies have cooperated in a business-like manner. 
INTER ISLAND INSPECTION 
The w^ork of inspecting horticultural products shipped from Honolulu 
to ports on the other Islands has continued on the same lines as in pre- 
ceding years. . Especial importance was given to all plant shipments to 
see that no soil was attached to their roots, also that the shipment of 
ferns and other plants prohibited in inter-island traffic was prevented 
from leaving Oahu. A total of 643 steamers plying between Honolulu 
and ports of the other islands w^ere attended during the year and 23,960 
packages of plants, fruit, vegetables and sugar cane w^ere inspected. Of 
this number 393 packages were rejected either because of infestation or 
through non-compliance with the various regulations of the Board. 
PESTS INTERCEPTED 
During the year 1921 a large number of injurious insects and plant 
diseases were intercepted in the course of inspection. Our records show 
that we made 157 captures on materials arriving from the mainland of 
the United States and from foreign countries. Among these are Some 
very injurious pests w^hich would become a great menace to our agri- 
cultural industries had they been allowed to enter the Territory. 
