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becoming infested, while the higher and finer grades, such as 

 Vegueros finos, Perfectos, Divinos, and Imperiales, show infesta- 

 tion within six or eight weeks. The same is true for ciga- 

 rettes, the general or medium grades are less susceptible than 

 such grades as Turkish or Sultanes. The injury done by the 

 larvae to the higher grade cigars and cigarettes is shown by 

 Tables II and III. 



Table II. — Injury to different grades of cigars.' 



Date made. 



Date examined. 



Kind of cigar. 



Num- 

 ber 

 of 



box- 

 es. 



Num- 

 aerof 

 ci- 

 gars 

 per 

 box. 



Total 

 num- 

 ber ci- 

 gars. 



Num- 

 ber 

 good. 



Num- 

 ber 

 in- 

 fest- 

 ed. 



Beetles- 



Alive. 



Dead. 



1909 



1911. 



May 18- 



July 27 



do-- 



Londres 



Cazadores 



Cabinets 



Invictos 



Cesares 



Diputados 



Perfectoab 



Perfectosc 



Re^lia 



Fashionables... 

 Londres fines.. 



Londres 



High life 



Media regalia.. 



5 

 6 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 51 



13 

 6 

 3 

 1 

 6 

 6 

 3 



100 

 50 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 



25 

 25 

 50 

 50 

 100 

 50 

 50 



500 

 300 

 25 

 25 

 50 

 25 

 1,275 



325 

 150 

 150 

 50 

 500 

 300 

 150 



489 











20 



27 



1 



452 



71 



22 



3 







300 



28 



4 



11 

 300 



25 

 5 



23 



24 

 823 



254 

 128 

 147 

 50 

 200 

 262 

 146 





 66 









 28 



2 

 229 



25 

 54 

 40 

 

 

 51 

 25 



3 



149 

 4 

 

 

 



202 



36 

 56 

 206 

 100 

 43 

 35 

 50 



1910 



Do 



Do 



do 



Do - — 



do 



Do 



do 



September to No- 

 vember, 1910. 

 Do 



July 27-29 



do- 



Do 



July 27 



do 



Do 



Do. 



do_- 



Do... 



August 12 



August 31 



do 



Do 



Do 







* Cigars of 1910 were all made from September 23 to November 15, boxed and kept in 

 the general working room. 

 •> Perfectos plain in box. 

 ' Perfectos put up in tin foil but badly infested. 



Table III. — Injury to different grades of cigarettes.^ 



Date 

 examined. 



Kind of cigarette. 



Number 

 of pack- 

 ages ex- 

 amined. 



Total 

 number 

 of ciga- 

 rettes. 



Number 

 good. 



Number 

 infested. 



Insects found — 

 1 



Alive. 



Dead. 



1911. 

 June 30 

 June 30 

 May 6 

 June 2 

 June 5 

 June 29 



El Pasig*" 



50 



50 



1 



100 

 11 



100 



1,500 

 1,500 



100 

 2,400 



264 

 2,400 



1,497 



1,497 



41 



1,487 



67 



903 



3 



3 



59 



913 



197 



1,497 



3 

 3 

 2 

 72 

 

 235 



1 

 58 



7 

 18 

 28 



Manila** - 



Sultanes*^ 



Turkish^ . .. 



do 



do - 



■> High-grade cigarettes with open ends, made about April 1 by machine. 

 •• Value, 24 pesos per thousand. 

 ' Value, 880 pesos per thousand. 

 * Value, 400 pesos per thousand. 



