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liow easy it would be to introduce such pests. .All such foodstutl's 

 are confiscated from these immigrants whether clean or infested, 

 but we make a careful study of the materials before burning- 

 same. A shipment of coconuts from I'anning Island was fumigat- 

 ed before delivery on account of being infested with scale msects 

 ( Ncmichionaspis minor). A cacao pod containing seeds and con- 

 signed to the ilawaii experiment station arrived in a decayed con- 

 dition. The seeds were carefully removed and the decayed pod 

 was burned ; no indications of insect infestation were found. Two 

 l)ackages of tree seeds, one package of bulbs and one package of 

 plants arriving from foreign countries were returned by the post- 

 master as unmailable under the ruling of the l-'ederal horticultural 

 board. 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS. 



Air. D. T. Fullaway has continued with the breeding of the 

 various parasites for the fruittiy and horntiy. During the month 

 many parasites have been distributed in various sections as shown 

 by his report attached hereto. 



Owing to a slight outbreak of the cottony cushion scale wa 

 were able to rear and distribute two strong colonies of the Aus- 

 tralian ladybug (I'cdaUa cardiiialis). 



IIII.O INSPECTION. 



Brother M. Xewcll reports the arrival of eleven steamers five 

 of which brought vegetable matter consisting of 150 lots and 2936 

 parcels. Out of this lot 25 sacks of potatoes had to be over- 

 hauled for scab and dirt, and seven sacks out of the lot were de- 

 stroyed as not being free from disease. During the month the 

 T. K. K. steamer Kiyu Maru arrived direct from Japan bringing 

 9180 sacks of rice, 449 bags of beans and 60 bags of peanuts, all 

 of which were found free from weevils and other pests. 



I X TER-ISr.A M ) I X Sri'XTK )N . 



During the month of hebruary 02 steamers plyiug between Ho- 

 nolulu and the ports of the other islands were attended to and 

 the following shipments were inspected and passed : 



IMants, 110 ])ackages ; taro. 720 bags; fruits. 11 i)ackages; vege- 

 tables, 62 packages ; tota', 903 packages. 



The following packages were refused shipnicni on accmmt of 

 infestation or of having undesirable soil attached to the plants: 

 Plants, 28 ])ackagcs ; fruit, 1^ jiackages ; tol.al, 47 packages. 



KespectfulK' submitted, 



I'".. M. I'JI Kllol^X, 

 Superink'udc'iit m|' I'jiti miology. 



