90 ANNUAL BEPOBT8 OF DEPABTMB1TT OF AGBIOULTTJBE, 1 
Table 88. — Inspection and fumigation of railway cars crossing the border from 
Mewico, fiscal |/< ar t9 
Port 
Cars 
inspected 
Cars with 
cotton- 
seed 
Cars 
entered 
Cars 
fumigated 
collected 
Brownsville 
Number 
693 
ggg 
2.262 
6.976 
12, 567 
717 
6,388 
234 
Number 
24 
18 
209 
354 
703 
29 
132 
38 
Number 
656 
899 
1,938 
12, 032 
716 
6.118 
234 
Number 
16 
34 
903 
» 1.245 
3,417 
14 
1,131 
81 
Dollars 
M 
Douglas 
136 
Eagle Pass 
3,700 
El Paso 
4, 448 
Laredo... 
13,868 
Naco 
56 
Nogales 
4,600 
Presidio 
324 
Total 
30, 736 
1.507 
28,422 
6,841 
» 27, 190 
1 Includes 31 cars not from Mexico. 
' The apparent discrepancy in fees collected and the number of cars fumigated may be explained by the 
fact that it is customary for the railroads 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, per- 
sonal effects, and express packages from Mexico. A total of 205,835 pieces of 
baggage and between 3,500,000 and 4,000,000 vehicles, Including 50.233 street 
cars, were inspected. This inspection resulted in the interception of a con- 
siderable quantity of prohibited and restricted plant material. A record of such 
interceptions appears in table 43. 
INSPECTION IN PUERTO RICO AND HAWAII 
Iii addition to the enforcement of the foreign-plant quarantines and regula- 
tory orders, the inspectors stationed in Puerto Rico also enforce the provisions 
of Quarantine No. 58. This involves the Inspection of fruits and vegetables in 
the fields, in packing houses, and on the docks, and all shipments of such prod- 
uct- moving to the mainland have been certified as free 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 738 packages were 
inspected and 60 were found to contain prohibited plant material and were 
returned to the sender. 
A record by months of the amounts of fruits and vegetables inspected and 
certified for shipment to the mainland appears in table 39. 
Inspectors stationed in Hawaii are engaged principally with the enforcement 
of Quarantine No. 13 Oil account of the Mediterranean fruit fly and the melon 
fly. Inspections were made in the fields, in packing sheds, and on the docks of 
such fruits and vegetables as are permitted to move to the mainland. 
Inspection was also made of parcel-post packages originating in the Hawaiian 
Islands and destined for points on the mainland. A total of s!>.M.'> packages 
were opened and examined, 99,344 packages were inspected without being opened, 
and 89 packages were found to contain prohibited plant material. 
A- an accommodation to travelers between Hawaii and the mainland baggage 
is Inspected and sealed in Honolulu. During the fiscal year 2,543 pie© 
baggage were Inspected and sealed under this arrangement 
In both Hawaii and Puerto Rico valuable assistance was rendered by insular 
plant-quarantine Inspectors serving as collaborators. 
A record of the amounts of fruits and vegetables Inspected and Certified for 
shipment from Hawaii to the mainland appears in table 10. 
