298 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



QUARANTINE h2 ;^, S DIVISION 



REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 1914. 



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



With the first of May went into operation all the provisions of Notice 

 of Quarantine No. 13, -with its attendant regulations devised by the 

 Federal Horticultural Board, under instructions from the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, for the better protection of the United States mainland 

 from the possible introduction of the Mediterranean fruit fly. It is 

 well worth the while of every fruit grower in California to obtain a 

 copy of this document and satisfy himself that every precaution that 

 could be conceived of as applicable to the purpose has been incorporated 

 into this order. The quarantine officers, acting in their dual capacity 

 as federal and state inspectors, have been endowed with almost un- 

 limited power in the matter of dealing with actual infestations of ships 

 and their contents, and the searching of baggage is now no longer a 

 concession on the part of the passengers but an authorized function on 

 the part of the inspectors, ordered by the provisions set forth in Regula- 

 tion 8. 



Ten vessels arrived during the month, all of which had cleared from 

 Honolulu subsequent to the date upon which the new regulations went 

 into effect, and in this number were ships representing all of the great 

 transpacific steamship lines, as also the lines plying between Hawaii 

 and the mainland direct. The managing directors of these lines have 

 shown the widest interest in the new regulations, and the inspection of 

 their ships and passengers proves that this expressed interest has de- 

 veloped into practical action. Commanders and their subordinates are 

 responding to the companies' orders to cooperate in every way with the 

 inspectors, and especially so in the matter of facilitating the inspection 

 of baggage. 



SAN FRANCISCO STATION. 

 Horticultural imports 



Parcels. 



Ships inspected .50 



Passed as free from pests 114.090 



Fumigated SIT 



Destroyed or returned 22.5 



Contraband destroyed 23 



Total parcels horticultural imports for the month 115,75.5 



Horticultural exports 



Inspected and certified 589 



Pests Intercepted. 

 From Belgium — 



Aspidiotiis hrifaiiiiiciis. Coccus hcsperidinn and Pseudococcus sp., on bay trees. 



