THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 707 



QUARANTINE 2 ^. S DIVISION 



REPORT FOR MONTH OF AUGUST, 1913. 



By Frederick Maskew, Chief Deputy Quarantine OfRcer, San Francisco, California. 



As is customary, we herewith publish an account of the volume of 

 work accomplished, also a list of the insect pests and plant diseases 

 intercepted at the horticultural quarantine lines in California during 

 the month of August. We have patiently determined the nature and 

 identity of these organisms, and given to them their technical names, 

 for the purpose of an official record. We are well aware that these 

 learned terms refer to subtleties difficult to comprehend, and of very 

 indifferent importance to those most vitally concerned, and we apply 

 them only to satisfy the scientific world that we actually know what we 

 are doing in this matter. What we, as horticultural quarantine officers, 

 are really concerned about, is to prevent any additional entomological 

 or pathological revenue collectors from establishing themselves in Cali- 

 fornia and adding their annual tax to the present cost of crop pro- 

 duction. 



During all of the month we have pursued the uneven tenor of our 

 way, and in consonance with the simple code of ethics that dominate 

 the service, have passed all horticultural imports that complied with 

 the provisions of the state quarantine law and the regulations of the 

 plant quarantine act; treated, returned or destroyed all such as did 

 not, and have invoked the aid of the law on all violators of the quaran- 

 tines on fruit fly material. We have found the pupae of flies in the 

 folded tops of automobiles, and as a result, have drafted and urged the 

 passage of a regulation preventing in the future any motor car arriving 

 from Hawaii from leaving the dock upon which it was landed until 

 the same has been inspected and passed by the quarantine officers. 

 We have formulated a policy of action looking to the working in unison 

 of the great interior quarantine service of the State with that of the 

 coast division and the collaborators of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, and which, if successful, will eventually give to Cali- 

 fornia the most complete horticultural quarantine system of any 

 country in the world. 



SAN FRANCISCO STATION. 



Horticultural imports. Parcels. 



Ships inspected 37 



Passed as free from pests 44,363 



Fumigated 2,929 



Fumigated and returned : 498 



Destroyed or returned 159 



Contraband destroyed 45 



Total parcels horticultural products for the month 47,994 



Horticultural exports. 



Parcels. 



Inspected and certified 4,833 



