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Crates of fruit and vegetables, 71,126; packages of plants 
and bulbs, 1,719; hand packages of fruits and plants brought 
by passengers and members of the crew, 1,868. The railroads 
brought into San Francisco by freight and otherwise 528 
packages. 
Of the total number of packages arriving in San Francisco, 
427 were destroyed or refused landing because they were in- 
fected with some dangerous insect pest or plant disease. A 
large number of the packages not destroyed or refused landing 
were thoroughly fumigated under the direction of the in- 
spectors. 
Shipments of fresh pineapples come in from the Hawaiian 
Islands on almost every steamer. These are for the imvit pait 
fumigated before they leave the Islands, but all shipments 
which may harbor living insects are refumigated before t’ley 
are released. During the year 2988 crates were thus refumi- 
gated, 378 were fumigated twice, and 294 of these were fumi- 
gated a third time. 
Adiolesale fruit merchants and nurserymen in foreign coun- 
tries who have regular patrons in California have become well 
acquainted with the California horticultural laws and the na- 
ture of the inspection required at the San Francisco port, and 
the most of them have tried to meet this inspection fairly. 
Fruit merchants or nurserymen of lesser standing, or pas- 
sengers from aboard ships with plants in hand, who do not 
understand the requirements of the law, often afford much 
trouble and annoyance. It is through such people with their 
small lots of fruit or plants. State Commissioner Jeffrey says, 
that there lies the greatest danger of introducing new pests. 
Many cases have come to notice where the smallest plant will 
bear a whole colony of some undesirable insect pest, and it is 
evident that a constant close watch must be kept on these. 
