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other group only. Many of these interceptions were of considerable economic or 
scientific importance. 
A total of 25,305 interceptions of insects and plant diseases were made during 
the fiscal year 1934. A summary of these interceptions appears in table 39. 
Table 39. — Number of interceptions of insects and plant diseases made during the 
fiscal year 1934 
Port 
Baltimore 
Bellingham 
Blaine 
Boston ' 
Brownsville 
Buffalo 
Calexico 
Charleston 
Chicago 
Corpus Christi 
Del Rio 
Detroit 
Douglas 
Eagle Pass 
El Paso 
Fabens 
Galveston 
Hawaii 
Hidalgo 
Houston 
Jacksonville 2 _ 
Key West 2 
Laredo 
Los Angeles 2 
Miami 2 
Mobile 3 
Naco 
New Orleans 
New York 
Nogales 
Norfolk 
Pensacola 2 
Philadelphia 
Port Arthur 4 
Portland 
Presidio 
Rio Grande City... 
Roma 
San Diego 2 
San Francisco 2 
San Juan 
San Pedro 2 
San Ysidro 
Sasabe 
Savannah 
Seattle 
St. Paul 2 
Tampa 2 
Thayer 
Washington, D. C. 
Ysleta 
Zapata 6 
M iscellaneous 
Total... 9,756 1 
Cargo 
In- 
sects 
349 
21 
1 
148 
14 
15 
71 
371 
6 
4 

37 
9 
217 
44 

55 
66 
7 
2 
4 

799 
7 
10 
472 
3 
1,324 
867 
1,090 
76 
1 
2,289 

3 
17 
4 

6 
522 
22 
314 
3 

5 
127 

3 

348 


Dis- 
eases 
27 
27 
5 
98 

238 
11 

1 


36 
3 
28 
27 

1 

1 
2 


11 

3 
2 

124 
208 
468 
1 

337 

3 

2 


40 
9 
2 
2 

1 
33 

2 

144 


2 
Stores 
In- 
sects 
179 
11 

337 
1 


32 
1 
12 


1 



43 
1 

76 
35 

1 

45 
161 

201 
351 
2 
12 
106 
613 
6 

1 


18 
235 
6 
111 


25 
79 

27 





Dis- 
255 
3 

264 



37 

6 




96 


410 
282 



15 
310 

436 
237 
1 
31 
260 
1,122 
14 




1 
250 

10 


106 
45 

89 





2,729 4,371 2, 
Baggage 
In- 
sects 

3 
94 
141 

18 



4 
2 
15 
219 
120 
3 
5 
39 
63 
1 

14 
155 

165 
6 
64 
86 
315 
472 
1 

44 


7 
1 
7 
6 
192 
7 
79 
24 
2 

35 

7 
12 
6 
1 
2 

Dis- 

1 
32 
1 

1 





3 
28 
138 



6 


2 
10 

17 

5 
25 
77 
130 


34 



2 


7 

1 

1 

22 


6 
3 
3 


Quarters 
In- Dis- 
sects eases 
33 
1 

17 
56 


1 

4 






10 
1 
1 
3 
11 
7 


101 
32 

209 
50 
1 
7 
14 
142 





8 
249 

13 


13 
78 

14 





564 1,076 
21 


7 





2 






12 


2 
3 



2 
5 

59 
2 

11 
12 
110 





2 
4 




5 
41 







Mail 
In- Dis- 


93 


11 


21 



7 
17 
3 


228 






250 
1 




12 
8 


721 



303 1,512 
16 


38 

6 


10 


23 


4 





12 


1 



4 
10 
2 


110 

1 




27 





35 
3 


347 



Total 
In- 
sects 
570 
33 
4 
677 
212 
18 
89 
404 
25 
20 
4 
69 
25 
436 
172 
3 
113 
200 
71 
82 
61 
21 
955 
28 
321 
671 
67 
1,827 
1,600 
1,568 
96 
121 
3,316 
6 
3 
25 
5 
7 
38 
1,448 
36 
517 
27 
2 
43 
331 
8 
51 
12 
1,075 
1 
2 
649 17,519 
Dis- 
eases 
328 
30 
1 
244 
12 
88 
14 
39 

65 
6 
56 
169 

109 

414 
297 
2 
21 
1 
37 
317 
5 
648 
534 
601 
43 
272 
1,713 
14 
4 

4 

3 
328 
9 
13 
2 
1 
112 
179 
3 
91 
6 
494 
3 

2 
i Includes interceptions at Providence, R. I. 
2 Collaborators stationed at these ports. 
3 Includes interceptions at Gulfport, Miss. 
4 Includes interceptions at Beaumont and Sabine, Tex., and Lake Charles, La. 
* Closed Dec. 18, 1933. 
Note.— Inspectors stationed at Puerto Rico made 12 interceptions of insects and 6 interceptions of plant 
diseases during their field and packing-house inspection of fruits and vegetables for shipment to the 
mainland. 
