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Uninspected Districts. 



These are situate to the east of Punahou street and to the west 

 of LiHha, viz., districts 1, 2, 7 and 8, as shown on the map in this 

 department. The lack of funds to employ additional inspectors 

 has prevented more than an occasional visit to these sections. It 

 is found that all these areas, but more particularly districts 7 and 

 8, are badly infected and need immediate and continued attention. 

 Pending the receipt of additional funds which have been promised 

 your Board, 1 have temporarily appointed, with the approval of 

 the president, two additional inspectors to cover the last-named 

 districts. These men will commence their duties during the early 

 days of this month, but will have to be laid off on February 1 un- 

 less the promised funds are forthcoming. It is to be much re- 

 gretted that the available funds will not allow of the immediate 

 and permanent employment of a larger staff of inspectors, more 

 particularly as the mango season will be on very shortly and the 

 work of seeing that all fallen fruit is gathered up and destroyed 

 daily will keep a large force busily employed. 

 General Remarks. 



The details of the methods and work laid out and now in use 

 by your director were explained and illustrated to Dr. Wilcox 

 of the Federal Experiment Station, Mr. E. iM. Ehrhorn of the 

 Entomological Division of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 and Air. O. H. Swezey of the Division of Entomology, H. S. P. A. 

 Experiment Station. These gentlemen were formerly members 

 of the advisory committee of which your director was also a 

 member, and all heartily approve of the present system adopted 

 for the control of the fruit fly within urban and suburban limits. 

 The system referred to has already been freely explained to your 

 Board, and there is no apparent reason to make further reference 

 to it at this time. The system will be improved from time to 

 time as the work goes on, or just as soon as all the precinct 

 boundaries can be definitely settled. 



The thanks of the director are due to Dr. Wilcox, Messrs. Ehr- 

 horn and Swezey for assistance rendered in breeding experi- 

 ments. Up to the present it has been found that among fruits in- 

 fested with Mediterranean fruit fly are the following : strciw])erry 

 and all other garden varieties of guava, peach, alligator pear, 

 Chinese orange, mandarin orange, sweet orange, green ])ei)pcrs, 

 fig, rose ap])lc, star a])i)le, uKnintain apple, coffee berry, wild 

 guava, Chinese plum (Iloronhia einari^inata), mango, overripe 

 l)aim'a, varieties of lime, bal)y ])apaya (Carica qiterifolia), Ca- 

 rissa arduina, Chinese ink berry, gra])e fruit. ])rickly pear, eu- 

 gcnia uniflora, lo(|uat and "kamani' (uml)rella tree) mit. 



On December 26, Mr. Weinland nf the staff of the State Hor- 

 ticultural Commission of California, arrived from San I'Vancisco. 

 That gentleman has been delegated by the above-named commis- 

 sion to re])resent its interests i)articu]arly in reference to the ex- 



