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once introduced, are constantly working without pay in the 

 interests of our farmers, planters, and in fact, all lovers and 

 cultivators of trees and plants, not even exacting a portion of 

 our crops as their part. Yv'hat all this means can be gleaned 

 from the introductory remarks or statement in this report of 

 the enormous loss by the depredations of insect pests. It is 

 the introduced injurious species that prove to be such formid- 

 able ones, as they are usually brought into new countries with- 

 out their more highly bred, natural checks, which can generally 

 fly aAvay during the time occupied in the transportation of the 

 plants. This way of fighting our insect enemies is not any 

 longer an experimental one, but has saved millions of dollars 

 of property, besides retaining the value of adjoining property 

 already improved or unimproved. Not only is our farming 

 population increased but our merchants, tradesmen and bank- 

 ers, also feel the effects of the improved agricultural condi- 

 tions, — so all our people are benefited by the expenditure of 

 money in this work. 



We have in Prof. Albert Koebele one of the best and most 

 competent and successful collectors of beneficial insects in the 

 world, 80 that any money appropriated for such Avork will be 

 expended in the best manner, in the interest of these Islands, 

 as his past work has fully demonstrated. As a business 

 proposition I feel confident that our legislators will not hesi- 

 tate in furnishing you with ample funds to carry out this work 

 so successfully started. 



INTEE-ISLAND INSPECTION. 



Besides the foregoing^ suggestions, I would strongly urge 

 your Honorable Board to bring before the Legislature the great 

 necessity of their making provision for the payment of two 

 additional inspectors, one to look after vessels entering the 

 port of Hilo and the other at Kahului. As the amount of im- 

 l)orts entering either place will not be sufficient to call for the 

 entire time of such inspectors they can be paid for the actual 

 time employed in such Avork. Your past efforts in guarding 



