BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
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Fn Hawaii the enforcement of foreign plant quarantines is handled 
wholly by insular inspectors serving as collaborators. The inspectors 
of this Bureau stationed in the Hawaiian Islands are engaged in 
the enforcement of Quarantine No. 13, which governs the movement 
of fresh fruits and vegetables to the mainland. 
During the year 3,200 shipments, consisting of 116,649 bunches 
of bananas, 104,247 crates of pineapples, 70,047 coconuts, and 3,252,- 
071 pounds of other approved fruits and vegetables, were inspected 
and certified for movement to the mainland. Of these, 565 pounds 
of avocados, 5,929 pounds of cucumbers, 206.589 pounds of papayas, 
468 pounds of peppers, 76 pounds of squash, and 680 pounds of toma- 
toes were given approved sterilization treatments in Hawaii under 
close supervision. 
Inspections were made in the fields, in packing houses, and on 
the docks. The inspection of parcel-post packages destined for 
point- on the mainland requires considerable time and effort. Dur- 
ing the year 397,935 such packages were handled; 117.851 of these 
were opened and inspected, and 112 were found to contain pro- 
hibited plant material. 
Since the inauguration of trans-Pacific air service it has been 
the practice not only to inspect the planes when they arrive from 
the Orient but also to inspect all planes, baggage, and express before 
the planes leave Honolulu for California. This procedure serves 
as an added precaution against the carrying of plant pests from 
Hawaii to the mainland and permits the prompt release of baggage 
and express upon arrival at the mainland. Under this arrangement 
58 airplanes. 2.248 pieces of baggage, and 2,995 air-express packages 
were inspected. The airplanes arriving in Hawaii from foreign 
countries are included under the heading Airplane Inspection. 
Other activities in Hawaii consisted in the inspection and sealing 
of 3,478 pieces of baggage and the inspection of 514 pieces of express 
leaving Hawaii b/y boat. 
INSPECTION OF SPECIAL-PERMIT AND DEPARTMENTAL PLANT MATERIAL 
Importations of propagating plant material are inspected at special 
ports of entry designated for that purpose. Most of such importa- 
tions are inspected and treated at the inspection house in Washing- 
ton, D. C, which has the same status as other ports of entry listed in 
tables 13, 14, 17, 18, and 19. 
Recognition, however, should be given to the fact that the greater 
part of the importations handled in Washington, D. C. represented 
special-permit material and, as such, received very close inspection 
and frequently some sort of treatment as a condition of entry. 
The enforcement of the regulations governing the movement of 
plant material into and out of the District of Columbia required 
the inspection of 821 shipments of incoming domestic material (con- 
sist ing of 127,601 plants, cuttings, bulbs, etc.. and 1,598 lots of 
seeds), L ; 7r> of which received some form of treatment for the elimi- 
nation of pests; and 2,312 shipments of outgoing domestic material 
(consisting of 165,357 plants, cuttings, bulbs, etc.. and L4,500 lot- of 
seeds). In addition. 14,343 containers of domestic plant material 
were inspected at the posl office and at railway and express station.-. 
