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of the white fly for transfer to Florida. It was decided to spend a 

 fortnight m southern China before taking return passage, as this 

 would enable the writer to gain some mformation on conditions in 

 that little-loiown country. 



It was learned from !Mr. Tutcher, superintendent of the Hongkong 

 Botanical Garden, that oranges were growm extensively over a broad 

 range of territory inland from Canton, and that a second large citrus- 

 fruit region was westward of the seaport of Swatow. As IVIr. Tutcher 

 kindly consented to loan the seridces of one of his native collectors 

 who was familiar with the Canton region, arrangements were begun 

 for investigating that territory as soon as passports were available. 



Application for a passport mto the interior was filed at Canton 

 with the iimerican consul general, who stated that it would be about 

 10 days before the same could be prepared. After returning to 

 Hongkong the wi'iter decided to utilize the delay occasioned by the 

 passport by a trip of inspection to the Philippines, wliich are about 

 two days by water from this British seaport. While awaiting the 

 sailing of a steamer for Manila a day was spent at Macau, a Portu- 

 guese settlement near Hongkong. Some orange trees infested \^dth 

 Aleyrodes citri were seen here, thus gi^dng a new and definite record of 

 this msect in southern Chma. 



Manila was reached on February 28. Through the assistance of 

 officials in the bureau of science a number of orange trees were found 

 m this city and carefully examined. No white flies were seen. From 

 information available it v/ould seem that very few oranges are pro- 

 duced in the Philippine Islands. The only localities in which citrus 

 fruits are grown commercially are Santo Tomas and Tanauan, in the 

 Province of Batangas. These localities were examined, but no white 

 flies could be found. 



'While in the Philippines the writer was taken ill and confined to 

 the hospital throughout the month of March. This illness came at 

 a very critical period and delayed an early return to India. Hasten- 

 mg, as he did, from the hospital before having fully recovered, it 

 was nevertheless impossible to reach India until the last of April, 

 when the spring season was well advanced. 



FXTRTHER INVESTIGATIONS IN INDIA. 



Landing in Bombay on April 22, necessary paraphernalia and pro- 

 visions were at once collected and a native mterpreter engaged pre- 

 paratory to starting inland. 



Concentration of Efforts at Lahore. 



The waiter's objective pomt was Lahore, in the Punjab, about 

 1,200 miles inland from Bombay. Previous experience had shown 

 this locality to present the best field of any place in all India for 



