102 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 1939 
bia. In addition, this Division is responsible for the maintenance 
of a service to inspect and certify plant- and plant products to meet 
the sanitary requirements of foreign countries and for the enforce- 
ment of the provisions of the Insect Pesl Act of 1905. 
Plant-quarantine inspectors and collaborators arc stationed at the 
more important ports of entry and at certain interior ports where 
foreign mail is distributed. They work in close cooperation with 
employee- of the Treasury and Post Office Departments. 
MARITIME-PORT INSPECTION 
SHIP lNM-i:< l [ON 
Ships from foreign countries and also those from Hawaii and 
Puerto Rico and the coastwise .-hip- which pass through the Panama 
Canal are inspected promptly on arrival for the presence of prohib- 
ited and restricted plant material. This inspection involves the 
examination of ships' stores and quarters, passengers 1 and crews' 
baggage, and cargo. 
The inspection at ports in California, Florida, and Hawaii and at 
certain ports in Puerto Rico has been performed by State and Terri- 
torial officials serving as collaborators of the Bureau. 
A record by ports of the ship inspection appeals in table 14. 
