BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE 
63 
Inspectors stationed in Hawaii are engaged principally with the enforcement 
of Quarantine No. 13 on 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. 
Parcel-post packages originating in the Hawaiian Islands and destined for 
points on the mainland are also inspected. A total of 75,365 packages was 
opened and examined, 82,884 packages were inspected without being opened, 
and 63 packages were found to contain prohibited plant material. 
The practice of inspecting and sealing baggage as an accommodation to 
travelers between Hawaii and the mainland has been continued. During the 
year 2,061 pieces of baggage were inspected and. sealed under this arrangement. 
A record of the amounts of fruits and vegetables inspected and certified for 
shipment from Hawaii to the mainland appears in table 35. 
In both Hawaii and Puerto Rico insular plant-quarantine inspectors rendered 
valuable assistance in the enforcement of foreign-plant quarantines and 
regulatory orders. 
Table 35. — Fruits and vegetables inspected and certified for shipment from Hawaii 
to the mainland, fiscal year 1934 
Month 
July 
August 
September. 
October 
November. 
December.. 
January 
February. . 
March 
April 
May 
June 
Total 
Bananas 
Bunches 
7,148 
9,591 
8, 755 
7, 873 
6,880 
8,725 
7, 965 
5,858 
9,042 
7,248 
5,244 
3.809 
88, 13S 
Pine- 
apples 
Crates 
4,365 
3,695 
2, 665 
4, 037 
1,040 
2, 238 
1,975 
1,884 
1,920 
3,200 
1,940 
2, 360 
31,319 
Taro 
Pounds 
5, 660 
5,400 
4,580 
7,215 
900 
160 
1.170 
2,725 
1,660 
1,050 
30, 520 
Coco- 
nuts 
Number 
1,755 
8,030 
1,856 
35 
33 
13, 827 
8,239 
866 
4,019 
363 
80 
154 
39, 257 
Ginger 
root 
Pounds 
4,410 
10, 536 
6, 605 
4,358 
12, 260 
4,700 
1,330 
14,050 
11,810 
20, 300 
3,120 
5,840 
Lily root 
Pounds 
30, 750 
19,950 
17,400 
23, 025 
26, 700 
37,615 
24,100 
14,650 
14,300 
25, 500 
12,900 
18, 300 
319 265,190 1,078,946 
Potatoes 
Pounds 
16,290 
21,990 
843, 377 
187, 400 
Permits 
issued 
Number 
165 
157 
101 
91 
91 
130 
108 
120 
155 
154 
101 
120 
1,493 
] This edible root (Nelumbium netumbo) is also known to the trade as lotus root. 
INSPECTION OF SPECIAL-PERMIT AND DEPARTMENTAL PLANT MATERIAL 
As in previous years, all plants imported under special permit have been 
inspected at ports of entry designated for such material. A tabular record of 
special-permit importations is presented in tables 20 to 22, inclusive. The 
majority of such special-permit importations have been, as in former years, 
inspected at Washington, D. C, and these together with departmental importa- 
tions and distributions from Washington, including domestic plants entering and 
leaving the District of Columbia, are inspected and certified for shipment at the 
Department inspection house, in the nursery, or in freight, express, or post 
offices. A summary of the inspections made at Washington, D. C, is given in 
table 36. 
Table 36.S<uvimari/ of plants and plant products offered for inspection in the 
District of Columbia, fiscal year 1934 
Materia] Inspected 
Lots of seeds (departmental). 
Plants, cuttings, bulbs, roots, rhisomes, etc. (depart- 
mental) .- 
Miscellaneous unclassified material, other than plants 
and seeds (depart mental) . 
Shipments of plants under regulation it. Quarantine 
No. :<7 (commercial) 
Shipments of plants and plant products under regula 
tlonsS and 15, Quarantine No. M (commercial 
Containers of domestic plants other than departmental 
(mail, express, freight, and truck | 
Shipments of plants by private indi\ iduals 
Interceptions of plants and plant products referred to 
Washington 
Cotton samples referred to Washington 
Foreign 
2, 008 
11,600 
47 
708 
11.770 
Do- 
mestic 
1, 104 
310,627 
580 
0, L83 
2,088 
Fumi- 
gated 
•_', 9 1 1 
i,::u 
143 
173 
181 
11,770 
Other- 
u ise 
treated 
273 
5,012 
In- 
fected 
Willi 
insects 
lis 
160 
13 
In- 
fected 
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16 
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