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to take advantage of any assistance they may be able to give in aiding 

 us in the forestry work. The use of their planes this gentleman assure<l 

 me would gladly be given for the purpose of examining the forests on 

 the mountains of Oahu or in the ease of fires, etc. I am personally 

 indebted to Colonel Curry and his officers for courtesies received whil'^ 

 visiting and especially for the very pleasant trip in an aeroplane with 

 Lieut. Elliot from Luke Field to Kapiolani Park. 



The writer has, at the request of people in and around the city, made 

 the following number of calls and otherwise given advice and assist- 

 ance as follows: 



Calls made 8 



Advice by phone 5 



People calling i 8 



Respectfully submitted, 



DAVID HAUGHS, 



Forest Nurseryman. 



Division of Entomology 



Honolulu, April 16, 1920. 

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



Gentlemen: — During the month of March the insectary handled 22_,400 

 pupae of the melon fly, from which there were bred 3,410 females and 

 3,044 males Opius fletcheri. 



The distribution of parasites was as follows: 



MELON FLY PARASITE. 

 Opius fletcheri. 



