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vidual (even the horticultural inspectors), is searched by these "watch- 

 men. 



Manifest. 



In the earlier part of this talk I made mention of a manifest. To make 

 the term clearer I have introduced a page of an original manifest here on 

 the screen. A manifest is a sworn statement by the master of everything 

 the ship contains, where from and who for. Failure to enumerate any 

 article on this list is punishable with a heavy fine. The state quarantine 

 law provides that any person, firm, or corporation who shall bring into 

 the State of California any horticultural products shall immediately 

 notify a quarantine officer. To comply with this, vessels, upon arrival, 

 furnish the quarantine officer wdth a special manifest of all such material 

 contained in the ship. Upon the receipt of this it then becomes the duty 

 of the quarantine officers to locate, open and inspect this, then notify the 

 owners of the condition, and, if found necessary, hold the same until it is- 

 adequately disinfected. 



Freight. 



There is an average of 7,500 tons of freight that passes through this- 

 warehouse each week in the year ; 6,000 tons from Oriental ports, 1,500 

 from Central American ports. The picture on the screen shows the 

 quarantine inspectors locating in this heterogeneous mass the articles set 

 forth on the manifest as coming within their jurisdiction. This picture 

 was taken during the noon hour, it being impossible during working^ 

 hours owing to the large number of men at work, to obtain a photo. 



What He Was Looking For. 



This is one of the things the inspector was looking for in the last 

 picture — Chinese sweet potatoes. The particular one here in this picture 

 evidently believes that inspect means to examine, from the way he is 

 investigating the interior of these potatoes ; however, it is a fact that all 

 sweet potatoes arriving from Chinese points since last August have been 

 confiscated and destroyed, and it is simply a matter of patient search tO' 

 obtain sufficient evidence to justify the act of confiscation. 



This is what he found in the sweet potatoes : An oriental weevil, very 

 much like an ant in appearance — Cylas formicariiis it is named. It has 

 not yet been reported from any of the fields or gardens of California, 

 and from the insidious manner in which it destroys the interior of the 

 potato it is unquestionably a pest we do not want. 



Moana's Deck Locker. 



Here again is another feature of the quarantine work. This picture 

 represents the upper deck of one of the liners from Australia. Starting 

 from Sydney in a territory where the Mediterranean fruit fly is at its 

 worst, every box of fruit and every sack of vegetables taken on board for 

 ship 's use is a potential danger. This locker here shown is used for stor- 

 ing such fruit and vegetables as are likely to be consumed during the 

 early days of the voyage. Should there be any fruit flies in the material 



