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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 
Division of Entomology* 
SPECIAL REPORT ON BANANA IMPORTATION. 
Honolulu, Dec. 14, 1910. 
Honorable Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Gentlemen : — There seems to be a desire on the part of ^Ir. 
Clark, who represents one of the largest banana shipping con- 
cerns in America, to import from Central America and other 
areas about the Gulf of Mexico large quantities of banana sprouts 
of the Bluefields banana. Dr. E. \\ Wilcox of the U. S. Ex- 
periment Station consulted me regarding the requirements for 
such shipments into the Territory. 
In 1903 the Board of Agriculture and Forestry allowed some 
.SOO Bluefields banana suckers to land under very careful inspec- 
tion and I understood that at that time several insect pests, borers, 
etc., were found. The plants were given to the Experiment 
Station for distribution under certain agreements. 
I have carefuly investigated the reports and bulletins dealing 
on the banana industry of Central America and the West Indies 
and beg to submit the attached report and I also submit a copy of 
extracts from the minutes of the Board of 1903. 
Under existing conditions I would advise the Board not to 
