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During the niontli we boarded 46 vessels, 22 of which carried vege- 
table matter. Six of these vessels passed through the C'aual Zone. The 
following disposal was made of the various shipments: 
Lots Packages 
Passed as free from pests 2,338 49,438 
Fumigated 1 1 
Burned 120 120 
Returned to shipper 9 43 
Total inspected 2,468 49,602 
Of these shipments 49,080 packages arrived as freight, 397 as baggage 
and 125 as mail. 
RICE AND BEAN SHIPMENTS 
Thirty-one thousand five hundred and fifty-four bags of rice and 744 
bags of beans arrived from mainland ports and 4,463 bags of rice and 
2,297 bags of beans from Japan and were found free from pests. 
PESTS INTERCEPTED 
Ai^proximately 4,261 pieces of baggage belonging to immigrants from 
foreign countries were examined from which 70 lots of fruit and 42 lots 
of vegetables were seized and destroyed. A tabulated list of material 
intercepted other than the above mentioned material follows: 
From China: 
1 pomelo infested with Parlatoria ziziplms. 
From Japan: 
1 lot sandpears infested with LepidosapJies ficus. 
From New Zealand: 
1 lot N. Z. flax infested with Trionymus phormii. 
PROHIBITED MATERIAL BURNED 
2 lots plants in baggage from Australia. 
1 lot tree seeds by mail from Germany. 
3 lots plants in baggage from Japan. 
1 lot ginger plants in baggage from Panama, prohibited. 
1 lot N. Z. flax in baggage from New Zealand, prohibited. 
1 avocado in baggage from mainland, U. S., prohibited, 
MATERIAL FUMIGATED 
1 package tree seeds by mail from Ecuador under Permit No. 30, 
Federal Horticultural Board. 
MATERIAL RETURNED 
6 lots containing 40 cases of pears from California in cargo infested 
with mealy-bugs, Pscudococciis maritimiis. 
1 coconut heart from Samoa in baggage, prohibited. 
1 lot aligator pears from Samoa in baggage, prohibited. 
100 roses from California by express infested with Scale insects. 
HILO INSPECTION 
Brother M. Newell, Inspector at Hilo, reports the arrival of 8 
vessels, 5 of which carried vegetable matter consisting of 267 lots 
containing 3,328 packages, all passed as free from pests. Eight thousand 
six hundred and fifty bags of rice and 82 bags of beans arrived from 
mainland ports and 675 bags of rice and 523 bags of beans from Japan, 
all passed as free from pests. 
