The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
Honolulu and HilO Are
Made Points For Plant
Inspection in Islands

Word has recently been received
from the Federal Horticultural Board
at Washington, ID. c., that the Homo
lulu and Hilo Post offices have been
designated by the post Office depart
ment as teh places at which terminal
inspection shall be made of all plants
and plant productsf coming by mail
to any address in the Territory of Ha-
wall.
This action, taken in the interest
of protecting the agricultural indus
tries of Hawaii, is the result of a re
quest made of the secretary of agricul-
ture on April IL, 1919. by the board
of commissioners of agriculture and
forestry, which has provided for the
proper inspection of plants and plant
products at Honolulu and Hilo.
The original request of the board of
agriculture and forestry was turned
down by the secretary of agriculture
on the ground that the act of March
4, 1915, providing for terminal inspec-
ton of mail shipments OF plants and
plant products was applicable only to
the states and therefore did not in
cludc the Territory of Hawaii Can
other instance of Hawaii being over
looked.) o
Succeed After Refusal
Through the kind offices of Mr.. G..
l.. Marlatt, chairman of the Federal
horticultural Board. it was found pos
sible to grant the board of agriculture
and forestry's request under the par
eel post law and the result was the
issuance on February II, 1921, of the
following instruction of the acting
third assistant postmaster general:
Plants and plants produced, address
ed to places in Hawaii.
Third Assistant Postmaster
General, Washington, Febru-
airy II, 1921
THE Territory OF Hawaii has estab-
lished places for the terminal inspec-
ton of plants and plant products un-
der the provisions OF the act OF March
4, 1915, embodied in section 41SA, p.
L. and r., appearing on page 40 of
the May, 1915, supplement to the post
al guide.
"All ~postmasters are, therefore, in
formed hat packages containing
plants or plant products addressed to
places in the Hawaiian Islands may
be accepted for mailing only when
plainly marked so that the contents
may be readily ascertained by an in
spection of the outside thereof. The
law makes the failure so to mark
such parcels an offense punishable by
a fine of not more than 500.
Subjects For inspection
The plants and plant products sub
tot 30 ta,,,,,,al ,,ANaoff4, IL, fhA H.
waiian Islands are described as fol
lows:
All florists stock, shrubs, vines,
cuttings, gratis, sciOns, buds, fruit pits
and other seeds of fruit and orna-
mental trees and shrubs, and other
plants and plant products in the raw
or manufactured state, except vege-
table and flower seeds: Provided, That
this list of plants and plant products
shall not apply to plants and plant
products shipped under the certitica-
ton of the federal horticultural board
OF the United States department OF
agriculture"
"Postmasters within the Hawaiian
Islands shall be governed strictly by
the provisions of paragraphs 3, 4, 5,
and o, section 47SA, p. l.. and r., iii
the treatment of all packages address
ed for delivery at their offices contain
ing any of the plants or plant pro |
duets above described as subject to
terminal inspection.
inspection service is maintained at
the places in the Hawaiian Islands
named below, and all postmasters in
lthe Hawaiian Islands shall, after re-
ceiving the required postage there
for, under the provisions of section
478A, p. L.. and r., send to the near
est inspection point each package con-
tanning plants or plant products sub
ject to terminal inspection:
Honolulu, Hilo
owing to the perishable character
of plants and plant products, the pack
age containing such matter must be
given prompt attention.
ANY failure of compliance with the |
foregoing instructions or with the pro- |
visions of section AIS A,P.L, and Ri
coming to the attention of any poste
master should be reported 10 the third
assistant pestnastsr general, division
OF tlexsiication
-sW. j. BARRoWS,
9 Acting Third Asst. Post