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this department for the month endino: February 29, 1912, viz: 



Inspection. Since the beginning of February there have been 

 eigiit inspectors employed to cover all the districts and precincts 

 within the quarantined area extending from the western boundary 

 of Waialae to the eastern side of Moanalua, but excluding the 

 "heights" and valleys back of Honolulu. These latter sections 

 will from now on receive as much attention as prevailing condi- 

 tions and the small working force will allow. 



General Conditions. These I am pleased to report are much 

 more satisfactory than they have yet been. Considering that up 

 to a month ago only four inspectors were available under the 

 financial conditions then prevailing, it is gratifying to find that 

 the present fruit and pest conditions are so satisfactory. The 

 addition of four extra men in February, made possible through 

 the financial cooperation of California, has helped very materially 

 in cleaning up many infested sections which could not previously 

 be satisfactorily attended to. Continuous daily and systematic in- 

 spection of the various precincts and the cooperation of the large 

 majority of householders have very materially assisted in ridding 

 the whole quarantined residential section of infested fruits. These 

 must not, however, include the mango, which is now coming into 

 full bearing. As a whole, J should say that the present infesta- 

 tion is very much less than it was during last summer before the 

 campaign started. In previous reports I mentioned the lack of 

 cooperation on the part of many citizens, who failed to respond 

 when called upon to strip their trees of ripe or overripe and in- 

 fested fruits. These householders, although comparatively few 

 in numbers, have caused much extra work and have also been 

 the cause of repeated inspections on the part of inspectors. Many 

 have had to be continually reminded of the penalty called for by 

 the regulations. Fortunatelv the department has been able up to 

 this time to cope with the situation without having recourse to 

 the courts, although it may be that one or two delinciuents may 

 shortly make it necessary to bring about such an undesirable pro- 

 ceeding. It is certain that, had it not been for such lack of coop- 

 eration, conditions of infestation in some districts would be much 

 better than they are or are likely to be. 



Preliminary inspections on the "heights" and valleys back of 

 Honolulu, all of which include the most northerly precincts in the 

 quarantined districts, api)ear to show that tlic infestation of wild 

 guava is by no means as great as might have been ex])ected, in 

 view of the conditions which existed in the residential area be- 

 fore the clean culture campaign started. I hope to be able to 

 report to you further as to this as soon as the mango season is 

 over. The full force of inspectors will be required during the 

 next month or two to see that all fallen mangoes are daily cleaned 

 up and thoroughly destroyed. In many cases this labor will be 

 forced on the department, as many of the poorer householders are 



