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sion,  resigned  to  accept  another  position.  On  January  21,  Mr. 
Francis  Evans  was  appointed  as  his  successor. 
The  annual  report  is  now  in  the  printer’s  hands,  the  first 
installment  of  copy  being  turned  in  to  the  Hawaiian  Gazette 
Company  on  January  27. 
In  other  respects  the  work  of  the  Division  of  Forestry  has 
been  in  accordance  with  plans  already  outlined  at  length. 
Very  respectfully, 
RALPH  S.  HOSMER, 
Superintendent  of  Forestry. 
Division  of  Entomology* 
DIVISION  REPORT  FOR  JANUARY,  1909. 
Honolulu,  Hawaii,  February  1,  1909. 
Honorable  Board  of 
Commissioners  of  Agriculture  and  Forestry, 
Honolulu,  T.  H. 
Gentlemen : I have  the  honor  to  report  upon  the  work  of 
the  Division  of  Entomology  for  the  month  of  January. 
INSPECTION, 
As  always,  inspection  had  greatest  claim  on  our  time  and 
attention.  We  boarded  thirty  vessels  and  found  seventeen 
of  them  brought  more  or  less  articles  for  our  inspection.  The 
result  is  shown  in  the  following: 
TABLE  OF  INSPECTION. 
Disposal  With  Principal  Causes  Lots  Parcels 
Passed  as  free  from  pests 361  10,606 
Burned  infested  Oriental  plants  and  fruit 29  91 
Fumigated  for  white  fly,  scale  bugs,  etc 4 5 
Scabby  potatoes  ordered  returned 5 405 
Total  examined 509  11,107 
THE  ORIENTAL  IMPORTATIONS  DESTROYED. 
It  is  noteworthv  that  all  of  what  was  destroyed  this  month 
came  from  the  Orient,  Some  of  this  included  two  boxes  of 
