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wart. These quarantines have effectually excluded the articles cov- 

 ered, and, through the hearty cooperation of customs officials, at a 

 negligible cost to the government. 



The two domestic quarantines, namely, (1) against the Mediterra- 

 nean fruit fly in Hawaii and (2) against a portion of New England on 

 account of the gipsy and brown-tail moths, are in good working order. 

 The Hawaiian quarantine is being enforced with the cooperation of 

 the quarantine officials of the Territory of Hawaii and of the Pacific 

 Coast States, notably California, at practically no cost to the Federal 

 government. The heartiest of cooperation has been rendered both 

 by the Territory of Hawaii, which is directly affected, and by the 

 Pacific Coast States, as also by the transportation companies and 

 customs service. 



The New England quarantine has only recently been established, 

 but it promises to cause comparatively little friction and difficulty. 

 It is being administered in cooperation with State Horticultural 

 Inspection officers under the appropriation for the Prevention of Spread 

 of Moths, and therefore does not draw on the funds appropriated for 

 the Plant Quarantine Act. This New England work is closely in line 

 with the work being done under the appropriation for the Prevention 

 of the Spread of Moths, and it seems therefore perfectly legitimate and 

 proper to have it carried by this fund and the existing New England 

 force working thereunder. 



Notices have been recently issued on two proposed additional quar- 

 antines. One of these is in relation to the Mexican orange fruit fly, 

 calling for a hearing on the subject at the Department of Agriculture, 

 January 8, 1913; and the other is in relation to imported sugar cane, 

 the hearing being called for at the Department of Agriculture, January 

 7, 1913. In addition to these, quarantine of some sort will probably 

 ultimately be taken covering fruits from the Mediterranean countries 

 occasionally imported into the United States which are known to be 

 infested with the Mediterranean fruit fly in their place of origin, and 

 similar quarantine of transpacific countries in relation to the Mediter- 

 ranean and other fruit flies. The latter quarantine will be merely an 

 extension of the Hawaiian quarantine to other Pacific islands and 

 transpacific countries known to be infested Avith the Mediterranean 

 fruit fly, from which fruit is occasionally brought as ship's stores 

 or otherwise to Pacific ports. 



Control of Importation of Nursery Stock 



While there has necessarily been a good deal of misunderstanding 

 and some confusion incident to the installation of the new system of 



