122 AN NTT AL REPORTS 6t DEPARTMENT! or A< IKK'I/LTTRK, 1940 
A summary pi the railway-car inspection and Fumigation is shown 
in table 15. 
Table 15. — Inspection and fumigation of railway cars crofting the border from 
M< trieo, fiscal vt <ir t9 /" 
Port 
Cars in- 
spected 
Cars with 
cottonseed 
Cars 
entered 
Cars 
fumieated 
Fees 
collected 
Brownsville 
Douplas 
Eagl*' Pass 
El Paso 
Laredo 
Naco 
Number 
1. H43 
2. 173 
1.773 
10. 8.50 
12,342 
I, 116 
.5,860 
518 
Number 
142 
18 
265 
425 
704 
16 
298 
20 
Number 
1. M2 
2. 173 
1.773 
7«> 
12. 342 
1.115 
5, 627 
516 
Nu mber 
156 
20 
525 
• 679 
2. oss 
13 
634 
16 
Dollar t 
624 
80 
2.200 
2.920 
8.064 
52 
2.600 
68 
Noeales 
Presidio 
Total 
36, 47.5 
1,888 | 35.156 
4,131 
1 16.608 
1 Includes S cars not from Mexico. 
1 The apparent discrepancy in fees collected and the number of cars fumipatcd may be explained by the 
fact that it is customary for the railroads to purchase fumieation coupons in advance. 
In addition to the freight cars listed in table L5, 4.31^ pulIman 
and passenger coaches entered and were inspected at the following 
ports: Douglas, 7: El Paso, 1,317; Laredo. 2.557: and Nogales, 1S7. 
Owing to the continuing improvement of highways in Mexico, 
there was an increase in the automobile traffic between the two coun- 
tries. In cooperation with the Customs Service 1 . 4,965,260 vehicles 
and 562.113 pieces of personal baggage were examined. 
INSPECTION IN PUERTO RICO AND HAWAII 
The enforcement of Quarantine Xo. 58, governing the movement 
of fresh fruits and vegetables from Puerto Rico to the mainland, 
is taken care of by plant-quarantine inspectors and insular inspec- 
tors serving as collaborators. Inspections are made in the orchards 
and fields, in packing houses, and on the docks, of such fruits and 
vegetables as are permitted to move to the mainland. During the 
year 2,670 shipments, consisting of 290 bunches of bananas, 143.037 
crates Of pineapples, and 16.032.915 pounds of other approved fruits 
and vegetables were certified for such movement. 
With the cooperation of post-office officials, parcel-post packages 
destined for points on the mainland were inspected at the Pour main 
post offices on the island. This arrangement makes it possible to 
intercept much prohibited plant material before it leaves the island 
and also reduces considerably the nmnlxM' of Puerto Rican mail 
packages requiring inspection on arrival in New York, 
A total of 3,050 parcel-post packages were examined, and 108 were 
found to contain prohibited plant material and were returned to the 
sender. 
The enforcement of foreign plant quarantines and regulations as 
they affect the entry of foreign plants and plant products into the 
island is under the general supervision of the inspector in charge of 
the enforcement of the provisions of Quarantine No. 58, who is also 
assisted In this phase of the work by the collaborators referred to 
above. 
