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the United States coast line dare pass, nor must any one or anything 

 either leave or be taken on board until the Federal doctor has inspected 

 and passed the vessel. This applies equally to vessels from island pos- 

 sessions as to those from foreign ports. In the matter of vessels from 

 foreign ports, the United States Customs boarding officers go out in 

 their own boat and take charge the moment the doctor passes the 

 vessel. No person or article is permitted to leave without their inspec- 

 tion, and with such vessels our work does not commence until the dock 

 is reached. 



With vessels from Manila or the Hawaiian Islands the procedure is 

 different. With the one exception of passing the doctor, persons may 

 travel from our island possessions to the United States with as little 

 hindrance or interference as from San Francisco to Oakland. Once the 

 doctor's yellow flag comes down, no further attention is paid to the 

 ship, its contents or the passengers it carries by any official, excepting 

 the State Quarantine officers. To enable us to promptly take charge 

 we have been given the courtesy of using the doctor's launch for the 

 purpose of getting on board these ships out in the stream. 



Boarding. 



Here we are — the first act of authority in executing the provisions of 

 the state quarantine law, Compere boarding the steamship Sierra. 

 Dr. Drew has decided the ship's company are all in good health, the 

 yellow flag comes down, the horticultural officer goes on board, the 

 anchor comes up and away the ship goes to dock. No more restrictions 

 on anyone or anything, so far as customs, immigration or health officers 

 are concerned. We hold that there is just as much danger from fruit 

 landed between the anchorage and the dock as there is in that which 

 actually passes over the dock itself, and to prevent the possibility of this 

 v.dthout proper inspection, a boarding officer goes on board before the 

 doctor leaves the ship. 



Inspection on the Way. 



On the way up stream the inspector takes a look through such veg- 

 etable or fruit lockers as may be located on deck, to see if any remnants 

 of the ship 's stores have been overlooked. Compere has evidently found 

 something that did not suit his ideas of a clean ship and has just thrown 

 it overboard. It was unquestionably contrabrand, but had it been 

 actually infested, depend upon it he would have steamed it before it 

 was thrown overboard. 



Searching the Passengers' Baggage. 



This is the crux of the situation, in so far as the Mediterranean fruit 

 fly is concerned. Unfortunately, I was unable to obtain good negatives 

 of this most important part of the work. The movement of all con- 

 cerned was too continuous for a time exposure and the light too poor for 

 a snap shot; however, you can obtain a slight idea of the procedure. 

 The steamship companies, at their own expense, voluntarily fence off an 



