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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[P. D. 4. 



less time this year than heretofore, only 219 shipments with a 

 total of 1,067 cases having been received. Their distribution is 

 shown by the following table: — 



Imported Nursery Stock, December 1, 1916, to December 1, 1917. 



England, 

 Holland, 

 Scotland, 

 France, 

 Ireland, 

 Japan, 

 Colombia, . 

 Belgium, 

 Brazil, 



Trinidad, W. I., 

 Bermuda, . 

 Costa Rica, 

 Denmark, . 

 Italy, 



Venezuela, . 

 Total, . 



1,067 



In my last report, in addition to the list of insects and dis- 

 eases actually found on shipments, it was stated that 59 ship- 

 ments (263 cases) had arrived too recently to be reported on. 

 They may therefore be given here to complete last year's report. 



Insects. 



