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being done at this time by the Japanese beetle, the prolonged dry 

 spell having no doubt a great bearing on the marked increase of 

 this pest. 



HILO INSPECTION. 



During the month of August Brother Newell reports the ar- 

 rival of seven steamers and one sailing vessel at the port of Hilo. 

 Five steamers brought vegetable matter, consisting of 213 lots 

 and 3159 packages. Of these shipments 15 boxes of apples 

 were destroyed on account of being badly infested with worms. 

 The T. K. K. steamer Kiyo Maru arrived direct from Japan 

 bringing 4420 bags of rice, 320 bags of beans and 3 bags of sesam 

 seed, all of which was passed as free from pests. 



INTER-ISLAND INSPECTION. 



During the month 63 steamers plying between Honolulu and 

 the other islands were attended to. The following shipments 

 were passed : 



Taro 487 bags 



Plants 102 boxes 



Fruit 32 boxes 



Vegetables '..... 41 boxes 



Total inspected 662 



The following packages were refused shipment on account of 

 infestation or of having soil attached to the plant : 



Plants 16 packages 



Fruit 28 packages 



Total refused 44 packages 



On August 17 Dr. L. C. Howard, chief of the Bureau of En- 

 tomology, Washington, D. C. arrived from the mainland. This 

 was his first visit to Hawaii, and every one of the local ento- 

 mologists did all possible during his week's stay to show Dr. 

 Howard the work accomplished here which has given Hawaii 

 fame the world over. I am sure that Dr. Howard left these 

 islands favorably impressed with our work and pleased with 

 having paid Hawaii a visit. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. Ehrhorn, 

 Superintendent of Entomology. 



