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for half-day service to relieve the work in the laboratory caused 

 by the breeding out of fruitriy material. 



During 1911 we inspected 380 vessels, of which we found 216 

 carrying vegetable matter, amounting to 11,157 lot shipments, 

 which consisted of the enormous total of 187,997 packages. Of 

 this amount 178,559 were packages of fruits and vegetables, 2,517 

 were seeds and 921 were plants. Of thes'e shipments we de- 

 stroyed by burning 367 shipments, amounting to 1,000 packages, 

 20 packages were returned and 1,464 packages were tumigated 

 before delivery. 



The great increase of fruit and vegetable shipments from the 

 coast and the increase in the steamer service and other freight 

 shipments from foreign countries makes the work very arduous 

 and at times, owing to the shortage of inspectors, very trying. 

 \\ ere it not tor the excellent equipment we nave on the Oceanic, 

 Hackfeld (now Alatson Isteam Aavigation Co.), and Alakea 

 docks, which latter is our waterfront office for Inter-Island in- 

 spection, we would not be able to cope with the important work, 

 further assistance and larger funds will be absolutely necessary 

 as soon as the Panama Canal traffic starts, for without question, 

 there will be a very material increase in imports of all classes. 

 We have been unable to carry on much work in the distribution of 

 beneficial insects, despite the fact that many requests have been 

 made for such work. All this is on account of the inability of 

 the Board of Agriculture and Forestry to supply the necessary 

 assistant in the laboratory owing to the lack of funds. For the 

 same reason we have only been able to spare moments to attend 

 to the upkeep of the valuable insect collection and have not had 

 time to make many additions to it. The Superintendent has 

 donated a series of named beetles of North America, which adds 

 considerably to the office collection. 



INTER-ISLAND INSPECTION. 



In November, 1910, shortly after the discovery of the Medi- 

 terranean fruittly on Oahu, the Board of Agriculture and For- 

 estry passed Rule \TI, which was duly srgned by the Governor. 

 This rule was passed for the purpose of preventing the spread of 

 this pest from Oahu to the other islands and although we were 

 able, through the cooperation of the Intcr-lsland Steam Navi- 

 gation Company to prevent freight shi])ments of fruits and vege- 

 tables leaving Oahu to the other islands, we were unable, on ac- 

 count of the lack of funds and inspectors, to examine baggage 

 and packages belonging to individual passengers leaving on the 

 local steamers as our regular quarantine work recjuired all our 

 attention. It was not until July 1, 1911, over six months later, 

 that ade(|uate funds. $6,000 for a ])criod of fifteen months, were 

 available, that actual w^ork was installed. Two inspectors were 

 employed and the search of all (luestionable baggage and parcels 



