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taken on Inter-lsland boats was then started. Although we all 

 realized that this outgoing inspection would in a measure help 

 prevent many infested shipments from leaving Honolulu, yet we 

 fullv realized that the system was not as efficient as the regular 

 inspection of incoming shipments usually practiced in the foreign 

 Quarantine Inspection of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry 

 and other Boards of Agriculture on the mainland. However, 

 under existing conditions and the difficulty of finding qualified 

 men at the ports of the other islands and considering the enor- 

 mous expense entailed with only a small amount available, the 

 only possible system to adopt was that now in vogue. It was 

 soon found that Rule \'H was not broad enough to cover the re- 

 quirements of the inspection and the Board of Agriculture and 

 Forestry replaced Rule VH by Rule IX, which made the law 

 more stringent. Rule IX was duly signed by the Governor on 

 June 28, 1911. We soon found that many complaints were being 

 sent in regarding shipment of taro and root crops, much in de- 

 mand for food, with the request that provision be made allowing 

 such shipment to go if used for poi making and food. Again, the 

 matter was gone over and finally the Board passed Rule XI which 

 took the place of Rule IX, by adding a proviso for taro, lily roots 

 and other tubers used in the manufacture of poi and other foods. 

 Rule XI was duly signed by the Governor on December 18, 1911. 



Owing to the stand taken by the State of California in regard 

 to fruit shipments from Hawaii since the outbreak of the Aledi- 

 terranean fruitfiy the larger shippers of pineapples and bananas, 

 the only fruit still permitted to enter California, have had to com- 

 pete with a lot of poorly graded and badly infested fruit in com- 

 petition with their clean shipments. In looking over the field 

 and possible means of overcoming such conditions, the Superin- 

 tendent recommended the passing of Rule XII, which gives the 

 Board the power to enter into and inspect any premise, property 

 or field with trees, plants or crops and on finding conditions there- 

 on to the detriment of the fruit industry, to recoiumend remedies 

 therefor or to abate the nuisances. 



The passage of this rule, which was signed by the Governor 

 on December 30, 1911, will no doubt do much towards a better 

 practice of clean cviltural methods. 



There is a marked improvement in some of the banana planta- 

 tions through the cleaning up of old worthless plants which were 

 badly infested with scale insects and the gathering and burning 

 of all old leaves and rubbish, but only a few have been induced 

 to carry out this method. The same can be said of the cotton 

 fields where all infested bolls are gathered and burned. By the 

 passing of Rule XII much of this work can be enforced with good 

 results. 



The banana industry of the Territory is a profitable one and 

 generally speaking, banana culture is not hampered with any dis- 

 ease or pest when up to date cultural methods are used. Owing 



