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(d) Proi^hylactic measures 'for the control of the 



icoconut budrot are obligatory. 



(e) Nurseries are forbiddeil to sell plants without cer- 



tificates of the Commission. 

 VI. — The commission maintains a register of all the gardens 

 and nurseries which sell plants and seeds in Cuba. 

 Fi^equent inspections are made and certificates 

 issued to those gardens free from injurious pests. 

 There is also inspected all plant material arriving 

 into Cuba by the Post Office. 

 VII. — ' The problems to which the Commission has devoted 

 especial attention are as follows : 



(a) In cooperation with the Experiment 'Station an 



inspection of the entire Island for the presence of 

 the citrus canker. 



(b) An energetic campaign has been waged againts the 



Mosca Prieta. All of the Vedado has been sprayed 

 oUiCe including over^31,000 trees. 



(c ) A report was ihade concerning the marabu problem. 



(d) A i'eport was made concerning a plague in the su- 



gar cane at Jagiieyal. 



(e) A report was made concerning a plague in the Pa- 



rana grass. 

 VIII. — The work of the Commission has be'en attended with 

 ' good results especially by the propaganda carried 

 out by means of edicts, articles, and circulars. 

 "IX. — Almost a,ll the work of a technical character carried out 

 by the Commission has been done at the laboratories 

 of the Estacion Agronomica. 

 X. •— In this work is noticed the great necessity for care in the 

 work of inspection of plants destined to foreign 

 countries, and for plants introduced into this 

 country. 



