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DIVISION OF PLANT INSPECTION 
REPORT OF THE CHIEF PLANT INSPECTOR FOR MARCH, 1922 
March 31, 1922. 
Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report of the work carried on 
by the Division of Plant Inspection for the month of March, 1922, as 
follows: 
During- the month we boarded 50 vessels, 19 of which carried vege- 
table matter and 10 came by way of the Canal. The following disposal 
was made of the various shipments: 
Passed as free from pests 1,160 lots 23,389 pkgs. 
Fumigated 13 lots 13 pkgs. 
Burned 82 lots 82 pkgs. 
Eeturned 13 lots 43 pkgs. 
Total inspected 1,298 lots 23,527 pkgs. 
Of these shipments 23,026 packages arrived as freight, 238 as bag- 
gage, and 263 as mail. 
RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS 
25,299 bags of rice and 651 bags of beans from the U. S., and 848 
bags of rice and 2,700 bags of beans from Japan arrived, all clean. 
PESTS INTERCEPTED 
Approximately 4,405 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 
foreign countries were examined, from which 62 lots of fruit and 40 
lots of vegetables were seized and destroyed. A tabulated list of ma- 
terial intercepted, other than that above mentioned, follows: 
From Australia: 
Chionaspis citri on lemons, baggage. 
From China: 
Aphis on Caladiums, cargo. 
Lepidosaphes sp. on pomelo, baggage. 
From Japan: 
Pseudaonidia irilohitiformis, Parlatoria pergandii, Phomopsis citri Cla- 
desporium citri and EemicJiionaspis aspidistrae on tangerines, baggage. 
From the Philippines: 
Pheidole sp. on seeds, baggage. 
Weevils (undetermined) on betal nuts, mail. 
PROHIBITED MATERIAL BURNED 
Lemons, baggage from Australia. 
Pomelo, baggage from China. 
Mango seed, baggage from China. 
Pine tree limbs, baggage from China. 
Tang(?l'ines, baggage from Japan. 
Two five-leaf pines, baggage from Japan. 
Tree seeds, baggage from Japan, 
Corn, mail from Japan. 
Plant, mail from Japan. 
Paddy rice, mail from the Philippines. 
Taro, mail from Portugal. 
