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REPORT ON HORTICULTURAL QUARANTINE 

 INSPECTION WORK. 



To the 



Honorable Board of 



Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, T. H. 

 Gentlemen : 



Since my report to you. dated August 8th, I have the following 

 brief summary of the work of my division : 



On August 6th the S. S. ''Hong Kong Maru" arrived from 

 China, having on board twenty-five (25) boxes of rubber stumps 

 (Hevea Brasiliensis) from Ceylon, consisting of 30,000 plants 

 that had been^ over five months detained in a warehouse in 

 Colombo and on the voyage, so that upon their arrival here they 

 were dried up and were in such bad condition that the importers 

 abandoned the consignment and it was put up for sale by the 

 Custom authorities on August 15th and bought in by me for 

 five dollars. After fumigation and destruction of the soil, 

 those show^ing any signs of life were planted in the Government 

 Nursery and now nearly 300 give evidence of growing. 



During my vacation — kindly granted by you — ]\Irs. Craw and 

 I spent two weeks at the Volcano House on Hawaii and had a 

 most enjoyable and beneficial outing. 



On my visit to Hawaii I spent two days at Hilo with Mr. 

 Matthias Newell. Previous to my going up to the Volcano House 

 I gave instructions regarding the construction of two fumigating 

 outfits for Hilo, one for the dock and the other for the post- 

 office, and in the event of any infested plants or seeds arriving 

 there, will be treated by Mr. Newell. 



During my absence Mr. Kotinsky assisted Mr. Austin along 

 the front in inspection work. The S. S. ''Miowera" arrived on 

 August 2 1st and a passenger from Fiji had a collection of choice 

 seedling sugar cane cuttings, that were found to be infested with 

 leaf-hopper eggs. The cane was fumigated to destroy any in- 

 sects that had hatched on the voyage. The cane was subsequently 

 burned as there was grave danger of fungi diseases being present. 

 I have to endorse the action of the above named gentlemen in 

 preventing the possible introduction of fungi diseases in sugar 



