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COCOANUT CRAB. 

 {Birgus latro) 



Fig. 1. — Cocoanut Crab (Birgus latro), about 1-5 natural size (original), 



On the same schooner was also imported a monster Cocoa- 

 nut Crab. This is a very destructive crustacean and coming 

 under Rule II of your regulations prohibiting its landing, we 

 killed it by fumigation and a photograph is herewith given ; 

 it had two powerful jaws, one of which it used to crush and 

 open cocoanuts upon which it lived. It had a spread of 

 eighteen inches and beautifully colored, blue predominating. 



AREIVAL OF SUGAR SHIPS IN BALLAST. 



Several vessels of the sugar fleet have come in with ballast. 

 Upon inspection and before permission was granted to dis- 

 charge we were assured by the Captain of each vessel that their 

 ballast was obtained from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco ; it 

 consisted of broken rock and some sandy soil. During the 

 discharging of the ballast it was occasionally examined with- 

 out finding anything detrimental to agriculture. The material 

 was used to fill in along the water front. 



PESTS FROM FLORIDA. 



Through orders from the Department of Agriculture, "Wash- 

 ington, D. C, five packages of Mango grafts were received by a 



