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stock and irrig-ation facilities. In other countries this becomes 

 part of the functions of the Cooperative Banks or Credit Societies. 

 Under such conditions, however, the initial capital must come 

 from the settler himself, consequently he is impoverished to that 

 extent, and not so well equipped to fight the battle which has to be 

 undertaken before success can be achieved The system in Aus- 

 tralia is, therefore, in advance of that in other countries, and, by 

 force of example, is fostering and promoting the true coopera- 

 tive spirit. The progress of agriculture under such encouraging 

 and healthy conditions is fully assured, and that the industry is 

 going ahead by leaps and bounds is adequately attested by the fol- 

 lowing cogent facts : 



' ' Production of butter in 1907 1 56,380,670 lbs. 



" " 1911 211,577,745 " 



Increase, 35.33 per cent. 



Production of cheese in 1907 13,383,563 lbs. 



" 1911 15,886,712 " 



Increase, 18.70 per cent. 



Production of condensed milk, 1907 9,643,551 lbs. 



" " " 1911 22,983,707 " 



Increase, 138.34 per cent. 



Production of l)acon in 1907 40,719,181 lbs. 



" " 1911 52,264,652 " 



Increase, 28.32 per cent. 



Production of wheat in 1906 07 66,421,359 bushels 



" " 1910-11 95,111,983 " 



Increase, 43.19 per cent. " 



FRUIT FLY CONTROL. 



REPORT OF FIELD ENTOMOLOGIST FULLAWAY ON IILS EXPEDITION 



TO AFRICA. 



E. ]\I. Ehrhorn, Esq., Superintendent of Entomology, Hono- 

 lulu, T. H. 



Dear Sir: — Permit me to report my arrival from TenerilYe, 

 Canary Islands, by way of Cuba and the Southern States, on 

 October 27, 1914, with the following parasites which were col- 

 lected in Nigeria. West Africa, in August, and taken to the 

 Canaries for multiplication in our species of fruit fly Ceratitis 

 capitata, viz : 



300 females and males Tcfrastichus giffardi; 

 12 females and 19 males Di'achasma fiilla-a'ayiC?) : 

 4 females and 22 males Ofiits, species undetermined; 

 10 females and 2 males Spalangia, species undetermined; 

 1 Eucoila undetermined. 

 Also from Tenerifife 3 specimens of a metallic Chalcid, species 

 undetermined; also two vials containing Tetrastichus — parasitized 

 pui:)ae of the Mediterranean fruit flv (Ceratitis capitata), one 

 with 23 pupae out of which 4 fruit flies had emerged, the other 

 containing 9 pupae; also Tetrastichus — parasitized maggots in 



