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pound. The price increased during the 

 year from about 3 cents to about 4 cents 

 gold per pound in the last quarter. 



The steady growth of the trade is 

 indicated by the fact that shipments 

 increased from 168,473,499 pounds valued 

 at $5,461,680 in 1908. to 232,728, 116 pounds 

 valued at $6,657,740 in 1909, and to 

 254,156,982 pounds valued at $9,153,951 in 

 1910 (fiscal years in each case), and that 

 there was an increase from 113,463 

 metric tons in the fiscal year to 116,374 

 metric tons in the calendar year of 1910. 



Because of the high price, due chiefly 

 to the extraordinary demand for veget- 

 able oils, and because of the strong 

 demand generally, there is something of 

 a boom in the coconut business in the 

 islands, and the increase in trade is 

 having a marked effect, not only on the 

 islands themselves, but upon shipping 

 in the Far East and other lines of 

 business. 



In the Philippines the export of copra 

 is now the second largest element in the 

 foreign trade, comprising almost a 

 fourth (23 per cent.) of the whole and 

 being exceeded only by hemp. Coconut 

 planting is being carried on more exten- 

 sively than ever before. Six years ago 

 there was a period of high prices, during 

 which time extensive plantings were 

 made, and these trees will come into 

 production this year. Indications are 

 that the export of the product during 



1911 will exceed all previous years in 

 volume, while, owing to the shortage of 

 other oil-producing crops, the prevailing 

 high prices may continue for some time. 



Naturally, such conditions are leading 

 to a general expansion of business iu all 

 lines connected with coconut planting 

 and plantation supplies. 



Exports of copra from the Philippines 

 to the United States have more than 

 kept pace with the increased imports 

 into the latter country due to the 

 demand for coconut oil. The total im- 

 ports of copra into the United States 

 during the fiscal years 1908, 1909, and 

 1910 were P481.232, P666.820, and P762.560 

 respectively, aud the imports thereof 

 from the Philippines were P213.999, 

 P273.497, and P416,074 respectively. 



The increase in imports of copra into 

 the United States durirg the three 

 years was about 58 per cent-, while the 

 increase in imports from the Philippines 

 was about 90 per cent. Nevertheless, 

 most of the product went to France, 

 mostly to Marseilles, where the great 

 coconut-oil factories are largely depend- 

 ent upon the Philippines for their 

 copra supplies. France took $6,114,324 

 worth of the product in the last fiscal 

 year ; Germany, particularly Mann- 

 heim, takes an increasing quantity, 

 while Spain maintains a trade long 

 established. 



PLANT SANITATION. 



PROPOSED INSECTICIDE CONTROL 

 LAW IN CALIFORNIA. 



By C. W. Woodworth. 



The preceding article by Professor 

 Colby* has shown very conclusively the 

 necessity of some legal regulation of the 

 sale of insecticides in this State. This is 

 in the interest both of the honest dealer 

 and of the grower. 



The present law is intended to regulate 

 the sale of but a single insecticide, Paris 

 green, and this substance is becoming 

 less and less important, being now so 

 largely replaced by lead arsenate. 



The writer wishes, therefore, to present 

 the following proposed bill for consider- 

 ation, and solicits comments, suggestions, 

 and expressions of opinion of all parties 

 interested in this measure. The bill is 



iv * On analyses of Paris Green and Lead Arsen- 

 ate. 



based on that now in operation for the 

 control of commercial fertilizers, and is 

 indeed the same bill with only the verbal 

 changes necessary to make it applicable 

 to insecticides : 



AN ACT 



To Regulate the Sale op Insecticides, 

 or Materials used for Insecticidal 

 Purposes, and to Provide Penalties 

 for the Infraction thereof, and 

 Means for the Enforcement of the 

 Act. 



The People of the State of California, 

 represented in Senate and Assembly, 

 do enact as follows : — 

 Section 1. Every lot, parcel, or pack- 

 age of commercial insecticides, or mate- 

 rials to be used for insecticidal purposes, 

 sold, offered, or exposed for sale, within 

 this State, shall be accompanied by a 

 plainly printed label, stating the name, 

 brand, and trade mark, if any there be, 

 under which the insecticide is sold, the 



