92 -^NM Ai. i:i;i'(»in s (»|- m:i'ak i .mi:.\ r of .\(;ki( i Li rKi:. vsm 
AIKI'LANK INSTKCTION 
'llif iiii|M)rt;i iKT wliirh tlic ;iiri»I;iMc mssuiihmI ;i powiliic means <»f 
iiitrodiKiiiK pliiiit i)«'sts is clcarlN shown l>y tln' iiisiM'ctioii rccoids for the year. 
A t<ttMl of airplaiK'S \\t'H' inspected at the following 17 ports of entry: 
Doujjhis and Noj;ah's. Ariz.: Cah-xieo. Los Anj:el«'s. Snn I)ie;:o. and San Fran- 
cisco. Calif.: Miami and West J'ahn I'.eacli. Fhi. : Honolulu. Hawaii: lialtiniore. 
Md.: New York. N. Y. : riiiladelphia. I'a. : San Jiian. V. K. : Hrownsville, El 
I'a.so, and Laredo. Tex.: and Seattle. Wasli. As a result of these insi)e<tious, 
1.50.') intercejjtions of proliihited and lestricted jilant material were f.-iken 
from 020 airplanes. 
The.se (ijjures rei)resent an increase of apiiroximntely 11 iM-iccnt in the number 
of airplanes inspeeted and li'.i iieiceiii in ilie iiunilier of iniei-cepti«»ns made 
over the li.seal year ID.'JCi. 
FOREIGN PARC EL-POST INSPK( TION 
Througli eooperation with eustoms and post-ottice officials, mail packages 
from foreif^n countries wljich are found to contain i)lants or plant product.** 
are referred to inspectors of this Hureau for examination. Such pa<-kages 
arriving at ports of entry wliere no plant-(iuarantine inspectors are stationed 
are forwarded to th(« nearest i)ort where inspection can he made 
This activity has continued to increa.se. as indicated hy the total number of 
packages in.spected at all ports, 24{).r)S.S. as comi)ared with 11>1.74() for the fiscal 
.vear 1936. A record, hy i)orts. of the nunilx-r and disiM»siti(»n of foreiirn 
parcel-post packages insix-cted appears in table 2-"). 
Table 2."). — rorcHjn iKirtchiiost jmchiKjcs insjjccff d. fiscal ifcdt' lU.il 
Port 
In- 
spected 
I Refused 
entry 
(entire 
or in 
part) 
Num- 
ber 
157 
2,103 I 
5, 389 
1,211 
1.743 
20, 893 
4, 76.') 
356 
687 
1 
1,703 
138 
113 
477 
4,932 
Num- 
ber 
1 
34 
63 
6 
22 
252 
91 

57 
1 
212 
12 
17 
51 
101 
Di- 
verted 
to 
Wash- 
ington 
Num- 
ber 
120 
238 
2,020 
3 
316 
747 
146 

12 


117 
11 
70 
Port 
^^iami ' 
.New Orleans* 
New York 
XoRales 6 
Philadelphia 
Portland 
Puerto Rico (all ports) 
St. Paul 
San Diepo ' * 
San Francisco' 
Seattle- 
Tampa 
Washington.. 
Total , 
In- 
spected 
Refused 
entry 
(entire 
or in 
part) 
Di- 
verted 
to 
Wash- 
in^on 
A'ttm- 
Num- 
Num- 
ber 
ber 
ber 
154 
37 
12 
266 
14 
83 
170, 986 
554 
10,115 
656 
10 
4 
8,414 
91 
849 
401 
11 

53 
18 

15. 234 
40 
71 
87 
8 
1 
5,145 
112 
16 
2,017 
64 
7 
5 

2 
1.497 
24 
249.583 
1.903 
14.96S 
' Collahorators are .stationed at these ports. 
»7K packages were diverted to San Francisco for disjvisit ion. 
^31 packages were diverted to San Francisco for disposition. 
M68 packages were diverted tn San Franci.sco for disposition 
J3 i)'ickagcs were flivcrtcd to San Francisco for disposition. 
«7 packages wcr»^ diverted to San Francisco for disposition. 
"7 i)ackages were diverted to Seattle for disposition. 
» 1 package was diverted to San Fraiicisco for disposition. 
Following the jxtlicy which was ad<»pted some years a^o. shamr«)cks. wliich 
are i»ermitted entry through the mails pr<»vid«'d tlu'v are free from .soil, arc 
included in table 2.1. 
Of the nundier of i»a( kages listed as iiispecied. the following represeiu 
shamrocks: Hall iuKue. .'{!>: Boston, l.r*^.'.: Buffalo. :'.(►: ("liieai:.'. 7^^\^\ : Detroit. 
47; Los Angeles. 71) : New Y<u-k. 4.'..(;i J: l'hiladelphi:i. 1.0<i.-. : St. I'aul, 2r» : San 
Frajicis<(». lit: Seattl(>. 
There i< a marked H'udency inwaid a greater tise of the nniils for shipping 
iini-< r.\ -i.mI. (dlier plants and veed^ I.' this couniry under the pn)visions 
