114 ANNUAL REPORTS <>r DEPARTMENT OF AGBICULTUBE, II 
barged for each car fumigated, and all fees collected w< 
inr « > the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
a summan of the railway-car inspection and fumigation is shown in table 41. 
in addition to the freight cars Listed in this table, 3£91 Pullman and pas 
coaches entered and were Inspected at the following ports: Eagle 
EDI Paso, 1,206; Laredo, l\ui<>: Naco, •': : Nogales, 382; and Presidio, • '.. 
Table ii. / /<-//' i Hon and fumigation of railway ens aroering tu> border from 
Mi mco, fiscal in >\r r.i.n; 
Port 
C:ir< in- 
' 
fumigated 
collected 
; lie - 
500 
333 
Number 
14 
6 
135 
301 
873 
3 
118 
29 
6.88E 
500 
f., 181 
333 
Number 
33 
4 
1.4HI 
Dollar t 
i<S - 
El Paso - 
u 
Nogales 
5,600 

Total 
27, 259 
1,479 
26, 132 
8,181 
» 32, 956 
i Includes 13 cars not from Mi 
J Inc: . >t from Mexico. 
3 The appai mcy in fees collected and the number of cars fumigated may be explained by the 
fact that it is customary for the railroad to purchase fumigation coupons in advance. 
Plant-quarantine inspectors at Mexican-border ports take an active part in 
cooperation with the Customs Service in the inspection of vehicles, baggage, 
personal effect-, and express packages from Mexico. A total of 230,464 pi> 
baggage and 3,513,283 vehicles were Inspected. As usual this Inspection resulted 
in the interception of a considerable quantity of prohibited and restricted plant 
material. A record of these interceptions will be found in table 40. 
INSPECTION IN PUERTO RICO AND HAWAII 
The Inspectors stationed in Puerto Rico are called upon to enforce the provi- 
sions of Quarantine No. 58, governing the movement of fresh fruits and vegetables 
to the mainland, in addition to the enforcement of foreign plant quarantines and 
regulations as they affect the entry of foreign plants and plant products into the 
island. Valuable assistance Is rendered by insular Inspectors serving as collabo- 
rators in that portion Of the work pertaining to the enforcement of the foreign 
plant quarantines, inspections are made in the fields, in packing houses, and on 
the docks of such fruits and vegetables :i^ are permitted to move to the main- 
land under the provisions of Quarantine No. 58, and all shipments of such com- 
modities are certified as \'v^o from pests. 
Inspection is also made of parcel-post packages Originating on the island and 
destined for points in continental United States. A total of 4,001 packages wore 
inspected and :;."».""> were found to contain prohibited or restricted plant material 
and were returned to the sender. A record by month of the amounts of fruits 
and vegetables inspected and certified for shipment to the mainland appears in 
table 42. 
