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ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE. 



The writer has on file requests from the officers of the following posts to 

 call and give them advice and assistance in laying out their grounds, 

 planting, etc.: Fort Kamehameha, Fort Shafter, Headquarters Pearl Har- 

 bor, Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, and Ford Island. Visits will be made 

 as soon as possible. 



The following number of visits have been made at the request of people 

 in and around the city: 



Calls made, 7; advice by telephone, 10; advice by letter, 4; advice given 

 people calling, 7. 



A visit to Kalaheo Nursery, Kauai, will be made during February. 



Very respectfully, 



DAVID HAUGHS, 



Forest Nurseryman. 



DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



BEPORT OF THE ACTING ENTOMOLOGIST, JANUARY, 1921. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, February 28, 1921. 

 Board of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Gentlemen: — During the month of January the insectary handled 9100 

 pupae of the melon-fly, from which there were bred 2149 females and 1772 

 males, Opius fletcheri. 



The distribution of parasites was as follows: 



MELON-FLY PARASITE. 



OpiiLS fletcheri. 



Females. Males. 



Oahu : 



Moiliili 300 250 



Moanalua 600 600 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. EHRHORN, 



Acting Entomologist. 



DIVISION OF PLANT INSPECTION. 



REPORT OF THE CHIEF PLANT INSPECTOR, JANUARY, 1921. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen: — I herewith submit my report of the work carried on by the 

 Division of Plant Inspection for the month of January, 1921, as follows: 



During the month 50 vessels arrived at the port of Honolulu, 26 of which 

 carried vegetable matter and seven came through the Canal Zone. The 

 following disposal was made of the various shipments: 



