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FINANCES AND PAY ROLLS. 



Since my last report advices have been received from the State' 

 Horticultural Commissioner of California that the sum of $4000 

 was available from his appropriation for the period ending July 

 1st for the purpose of employing inspectors. Your director has 

 satisfactorily arranged with Air. Weinland, the representative of 

 said Horticultural Commissioner, a system whereby the expendi- 

 ture of the California funds will be kept separate from that made 

 from our own appropriation. An accounting from this special 

 fund represented by the pay roll, will be forwarded by Mr. 

 Weinland to the California authorities monthly. As it is particu- 

 larly required that these special expenditures shall not include in- 

 cidental expenses these latter will have to be expended from our 

 own appropriation. The incidental expenses, which so far have 

 been principally for printing, advertising and office supplies, will 

 from now on be largely increased as it will undoubtedly be neces- 

 sary to do considerable hauling of fallen fruit from certain dis- 

 tricts to the incinerator. The districts referred to are of course 

 those situated outside of the County garbage limits. In view of 

 the above facts our own pay roll will show a proportionately less 

 number of inspectors than that of California, but on the other 

 hand the incidental expenses will, for a season, be much larger 

 than heretofore. Since my last report two additional inspectors 

 have been appointed, the total number on February 1st being 8. 

 Five of these are on the California pay roll and three on our own. 



BREEDING EXPERI^^IENTS. 



Since last report the Entomological Department has succeeded 

 in breeding the Mediterranean fruit fly from the fruit of caram- 

 bola and brown persimmon. In the latter case a single fruit was 

 handed us, it having been the only one maturing on a newly in- 

 troduced species. The above fruits therefore may now be added 

 to the long list of those which we have found to be attacked by 

 Mediterranean fruit fly. 



THE PEST ON HAWAII. 



I am sorry to report that on the 31st we bred out the Mediter- 

 ranean fruit fly from Chinese oranges which I received from a 

 resident in the Kohala district on Hawaii. This is the first 

 authentic knowledge we have of the absolute establishment of 

 this fruit fly on that island although we have of course known 

 that the common Melon fly. which has been in the Territory for 

 so many years, was established on all the islands. The fact that 

 the Mediterranean fruit fly is now already in one district and 

 possibly in others on Hawaii will make the system of inspection 

 at ports of destination a much more laborious one as "clean cul- 



