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purpose by the agents of the Netherlands and Japanese governments; 

 in fact we have succeeded in enlisting this volunteer inspection work 

 practically all over the grounds and thus maintain a constant sur- 

 veillance of all imported plants and plant products. 



Still another factor that makes for safety is that practically all the 

 horticultural material from foreign countries has entered the grounds, 

 and still remains under bond and in custody of the United States Cus- 

 toms. This condition alone has enabled the quarantine service to per- 

 form the work of original inspection of all this material, great as is 

 the amount, without a call for additional help. The full cooperation 

 of the United States Customs — as always — has been graciously extended 

 to us in this matter, and any one conversant with the problem of check- 

 ing up range marks and serial numbers in a consignment of mixed 

 goods realizes how this cooperation has simplified the matter of sys- 

 tematically finding every package with which our duties were con- 

 cerned, and facilitated the inspection and further control, if necessary, 

 of the contents of the same. The directors of the Exposition have been 

 in full sympathy with the purpose of quarantine regulations af all 

 times and have extended to us every assistance and courtesy possible. 

 The agents who installed and those who have remained to care for these 

 horticultural exhibits have — largely as a result of association — learned 

 and properly assimilated the lesson of the real value to the community 

 at large of properly executed horticultural restrictions in a country 

 whose main industry is fruit growing. In our opinion this truth will 

 abide with them and reach fruition in the countries to which they 

 return when the Exposition closes. The system of regular continuous 

 inspection of these introduced plants and plant products goes on each 

 day as persistently as in the most carefully guarded fruit districts of 

 our State, and this procedure will continue until final disposition is 

 made of all this material and the same, released from bond, passes out 

 of our jurisdiction as imports. 



No part of what has heretofore been said relates in any way or 

 manner to the matter of the hosts — ^either fruit or vegetable — of the 

 fruit flies. This is a distinct problem in itself and is so dealt with in 

 the law. The language of the statute is definite and positive as here- 

 with reproduced : 



"No person, persons, firm or corporation shall bring or cause to 

 be brought into the State of California any fruit or vegetable or 

 host plant which is now known to be or hereafter may become a 

 host plant or host fruit of any species of the fruit fly family Try- 

 petida^ from any country, state or district w^here such species of 

 TrjT^etidaj is knowTi to exist and any such fruit, vegetable, or host 

 plant, together with the container and packing, shall be refused 

 entry and shall be immediately destroyed at the expense of the 

 owner, owners or agents." 



This is a good, sane, safe regulation, and we hope that the crop pro- 

 ducers of California will always as jealously guard and prevent any 

 abrogation of its terms, as their quarantine officers impartially enforce 

 all of its provisions. No other course for us finds sanction therein. 

 The execution of the law as we found it in this case raised the only dis- 

 cordant note in the matter of admitting foreign horticultural exhibits 



