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also state quarantine guardians, with full power to carry out the provi- 

 sions of the state quarantine law— one of the most powerful instruments 

 enacted by our lawmakers. This gives them control of all horticultural 

 products "entering their county from outside the State lines, and the 

 records show that they have in many instances prevented by their dili- 

 gence, the introduction into the State of destructive insect pests and 

 plant diseases. 



With the exception of San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Marin and San 

 Francisco, the counties that have not quarantine guardians are chiefly 

 mountain counties where horticulture is not generally practiced and 

 where horticultural imports from outside the state lines are a minor 



quantity. 



It is through the medium of the coast ports that the danger of intro- 

 ducing the fruit and melon flies is the greatest, and it is often perplexing 

 to the fruit growlers how the hundreds of bays, harbors and indentations 

 on a coast line of approximately 1,000 miles in length can be safely 

 watched and guarded at all times. The provisions of the maritime law 

 simplify this procedure. Vessels arriving from points outside the United 

 States coa^t line, no matter to what point in California they are con- 

 signed, must of a necessity first come into a port of entry and submit 

 their papers to the Federal customs. There are five such ports of entry 

 on our coast, and I have indicated them upon the map : Eureka, San 

 Francisco, Port Los Angeles, San Pedro, and San Diego. At each of 

 these ports the State maintains a station of its quarantine division, and 

 each vessel upon arrival finds not only the Federal customs officer ready 

 to apprai.se and collect duties, but also a State quarantine officer ready 

 and competent to pass upon the general health, cleanliness and desira- 

 bility of whatever horticultural products the ship or the members of its 

 company may have brought to our shores. 



There is one exception to this matter of ports of entry. I have indi- 

 cated these upon the map as "oil ports." Occasionally, vessels arrive at 

 these ports from points outside the United States coast line, but they are 

 in every instance "oil tankers" with no facilities for general freight 

 and no license to carry passengers. At Gaviota the State Quarantine 

 Guardian of the Santa Barbara Station meets, boards, inspects and 

 reports upon all ships arriving at that port from outside the state lines. 

 At Port San Luis we have no inspector, but to compensate for this the 

 company owning the vessels making this a port of call has issued a 

 general order to all commanders prohibiting the bringing into this port 

 of any fruit or vegetables either as ship's stores or personal property 

 that may have been obtained at any Hawaiian points. 



Look well at the map before I remove it from the screen, and try and 

 realize what it means to have every railroad station, every express office 

 located in that shaded area in touch with a horticultural officer. Read 

 the number of ships inspected and the volume of imports examined at the 

 different stations, and the extent of this service will commence to grow 

 upon you. 



