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rice arrived during the month, and being found free from insect 

 pests was permitted to enter the Territory. 



Pests Intercepted. 



Thirty-eight parcels of fruit and vegetables were taken from 

 immigrants at the U. S. immigrant station, and several lots of 

 plants were destroyed on account of blights and scale-insect in- 

 festations. 



Beneficial bisects. 



One lot of Japanese beetle fungus was sent to Wailuku, Maui. 

 Hilo Inspection. 



' Brother M. Newell reports the arrival of five vessels at the 

 port, finding three carrying vegetable matter, consisting of 83 lots 

 and 1606 parcels, all passed as free from pests. 



Inter-Island Inspection. 



During the month of February 60 steamers were attended to. 

 and the following shipments were passed on: 158 bags taro, 53 

 cases plants, 14 bags taro tops, 2 cases sugar cane, 1 case cabbage. 

 Total, 228 packages. 



The following packages were refused shipment : 24 packages 

 fruits, 11 packages vegetables, 3 lots of plants, 1 box of sugar 

 cane. Total, 39 packages. 



At the suggestion of the director of fruitfly control, the presi- 

 dent of the board of agriculture and forestry requested me to 

 visit the Kohala district, where the fruitfly has made its appear- 

 ance. I left Honolulu on February 13, remaining in the Kohala 

 district until February 16, on which day I took a return passage 

 for Honolulu. I have handed the director of the fruitfly control 

 a report on the findings of my visit there. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Edw. M. Ehrhorn, 



Superintendent of Entomology. 



A copy of the Sugar Industrial World, "devoted to the research 

 of sugar industry and tropical agriculture," as a note to the For- 

 ester says, has been received. It is published in Tokio and in it- 

 self the periodical is an evidence of the agricultural progress of 

 Japan at home and in her colonies. 



STREET TREE PLANTING. 



A paper read before The Outdoor Circle, Kilohana Art League, 

 by Ralph S. Hosmer, Superintendent of Forestry, January 

 3b, 1912. 

 Of the means of civic beautification that lie within the reach 



