At ipresent there is Tinder the consideration of t^e Com- 

 mission the advisiWlity of recommen'ding a decree to iprevent lite 

 entrance of live plants hy mail. 



MISOELANEOUS WORK OP THE COMMIiSSION 

 ADMINISTEATION 



The Commission is composed of three memhers who hold 

 meetiags at least once a month, and usually oftener, as the work 

 demands. The President acts as the executive head in order to 

 facilitate matters, but all matters of import are decided by the 

 Commission as a whole. 



In addition to the register of the nurseries, recoi^ds are 

 maintained of all the places inspected in the Vedado and the 

 vicinity of Havana for "Mosca Prieta", the names of the owners 

 of such places and the num'ber and kind of infested plants, and 

 the date of treatment,, of all the places in Guamtanamo and 

 vicinity inspected for "Mosca Prieta" and treated; of all the 

 farms in the banana district where the banana disease in found, 

 and also the farms in the coconut idistrict where the budrot of 

 the coconut in found. 



As the intensive work of the various inspectors has spread 

 the information as to the purposes of the Commission, and 

 interest has increased, it has been suggested that there be appoint- 

 ed one of the leading planters in each of the various districts as 

 correspondent of the Commission. This has been suggested to 

 several, and promises to be an important meams of keeping in 

 touch with the different communities. Such correspondents will 

 have official acknowledgement, will receive the comunications 

 from the Commission to their district, and will send to tihe Com- 

 mission reports as to the conditions in their respective districts. 



CITRUS CANKEiR 



Citrus canker is a bacterial disease affecting most varieties 

 of citrus trees, and is so serious that the authorities in the State 

 of niorida and in "Washington have spent almost one million 

 doUaiTS in an attempt to eradicate it. 



