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Miss Louise Gulick. who has acted as laboratory assistant, re- 

 sig^ned on April 15. and Miss ^laud Dawson, a teacher at the 

 Xornial school, is giving;" us two hours daily of her time assist- 

 ing us in our laboratory work. 



Owing to the change of schedule of the T. K. K. and Pacific 

 Mail steamship lines, we have found it rather difficult to handle 

 these vessels promptly, as on some days we have had as high as 

 four steamers arriving at this port. 



Respectfully submittcc 



E. J\I. EllRHORX, 



Siif^f. of Entomology. 



BOARD OF COMMISSIOXERS OF AG RI CULTURE AND 



FORESTRY. 



FRUITFLY CONTROL. 



Honolulu, April 4, Vni. 



FIFTH ^[OXTIILV REPORT. 



To the Commissioners. Board of Agriculture and l-Orestrv. Hono- 

 lulu. T. H. 



Gentlemen : — I submit you a report of the work of this de- 

 partment for the month ending ]\Iarch 31, 1912, viz.: 



INSPECTION. 



During the ])ast month the work of inspection and destruction 

 of infested fruits has continued on the lines previously ex])laine(l. 

 The mango season is now fairly advanced and the inspection and 

 gathering of fallen fruits are giving both householders and in- 

 spectors much work. This also a])plies to kamani anrl other 

 large trees bearing" llesli\- seeds, which :u'e badly attacked 1)\- the 

 fruitfiy. 



(■,i:m;k.\i. con!)! tions. 



Excepting in areas devoted to vegetable gardens, general con- 

 ditions, as a whole, are more satisfactory than might have been 

 ex])ected at this season of the year. At the l)eginning of the 

 campaign inspection work included the areas in vegetables, wliich 

 were generally attacked by melon tly and as a result many of the 

 Orientals were prevailed upon In gather and destroy their in- 

 fe.sted vegetables. Since the mango season has come in. how- 

 ever, the inspectors are obliged to devote all of their time to 

 Mediterranean fruitfly work and the vegetable gardens are again 

 in bacl shape in sf) far as melon tly is concerned. It is a difficult 



