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those ports through the kindness and co-operation of the Hon. 

 E. K. Stackable, Collector of Customs at Honolulu, allowing- 

 his deputies to act as Honorary Entomological Inspectors at 

 the various sub-ports may have appeared as a wise economical 

 measure. I, however, question the soundness of that system. 

 It is possible, probably, to find one gentleman in one hundred 

 that is a first class man and officer for Mr. Stackable, who is 

 also by training, or by nature, a practical inspector of plants 

 or vegetable products, and while the gentlemen that have 

 acted for the past two years, as a side issue to their own duties 

 cannot be even accused of having allowed any pests to have 

 passed them. It is, however, a well know^n fact that certain 

 insects that are at present causing considerable alarm among 

 agriculturists on other than Oahu are to be found on several of 

 our sister Islands, and in order to prevent the spread or inter- 

 change of such pests to every county of the Territory of Ha- 

 waii, I strongly urge the appointment by your Honorable 

 Board of one or more extra officers to look after all inter- 

 island steamers or transportation companies and give careful 

 scrutiny of all agricultural or horticultural products. This 

 can be done without any serious delay to any business and cer- 

 tainly the objects to be derived from such work will justify 

 any expenditures you may make a thousand fold. 



liespectfully submitted, 



ALEXANDER CRAW, 

 Superintendent of Entomology and Inspector. 



