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trees are fruiting all the year round in Bermuda, and the flies attack all 

 kinds, lirst appearing in the Joquats in February and March, following into 

 the citrus fruits, peaches, &c., in April and May, and other fruits right 

 into December (winter time in Bermuda), they are very difficult to deal 

 with. The Government undertook the work, purchased tools, and ap- 

 pointed an inspector for each of the nine parishes, with an additional one 

 for Hamilton parish on account of the rugged nature of part of the parish, 

 01, in all, ten inspectors. Trees were pruned back hard, all fruits pun- 

 tured or fallen were destroyed by collecting them in sacks, weighting them 

 with stones, and throwing them into the sea. When more convenient the 

 fruits were burnt or boiled. It is too early to see the results of this work 

 on the island, but according to this report Mr. Harris claims that there are 

 fewer fruit flies in the orchards than there have been for many years at 

 this season. 



In Jamaica, since 1901, fumigation of all incoming plants has been 

 in force under a Proclamation in the Act of 1884, Seeds and Plants Im- 

 portation Law, which was brought into force to deal with leaf disease of 

 the cofi^ee in Ceylon. At the present time six fumi gators are in use at the 

 wharves, Post Ofiice and Government Gardens. 



In Trinidad the Legislative Council passed an Ordinance which enables 

 the Governor to declare certain districts infested with leaf cutting ants 

 {Atia, Cecodoma, ccfhalotes) and thus enable planters to take means for 

 their destruction. There is also an Ordinance in Trinidad dealing with 

 the large plague locust that at times does considerable damage in the grass 

 lands. In each large town visited, I ha\e made a point of going through 

 the native fruit markets and seeing and sampling the different kinds of 

 fruits, but propose to write a general report dealing with them on my 

 return. 



I also examined all the dift'erent insect collections. In Mexico 1 only 

 found one, made by a local entomologist at Puebla, in the Museum of the 

 Universitv of State. In Havana I went carefully over the very fine col- 

 lections made by Dr. Gundlach over 50 years ago, and still in good pre- 

 servation in the Museum attached to the Instituto de Secundo ■ Ensenanza 

 de la Habana. There is also a collection in the Old Belen Church which 

 is one of the largest Catholic colleges in Cuba. I called upon the Father 

 Director, but could not see what the collection contained, as the priest in 

 charge was away. At the Agricultural Experimental Station, through 

 the kindness of Messrs. Home and Housen, I obtained a fine series of all 

 the economic insects in their collections. At Kingston, Jamaica, I ^■isited 

 the Jamaica Institute where, in the Museum attached to the library, are 

 two cabinets containing a collection of Jamaican insects chiefly gathered 

 together bv Messrs. Cockerell and Ta\ lor Townshead when thev were Cura- 

 tors of this Musuem. 



In consequence of the outbreak of yellow fever in Trinidad, I was un- 

 able to land, and did not see Mr. Urich's collections. At Barbados, I 

 went through the economic collections in the Imperial Deqjartment of Agri- 

 culture, made bv Mr. B allow, and obtained some typical specimens from 

 Mr. Bovell, Superintendent of Agriculture for Barbados, and also had the 

 pleasure of seeing collections of Mr. Edwards at Christchurch, and Mr. 

 Barnes at Codrington College. 



Stock Diseases. — In Santiago de Vegas, I found that the fowl tick 

 {A.rgas Americana) was very common wherever poultry was kept, and was 

 generally distributed over the island. In Jamaica it is also very common, 



