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oranges,  one  of  sand  pears,  and  one  of  apples  badly  infested 
by  evidently  destructive  fungi ; two  cherry  trees  badly  in- 
fested with  the  destructive  West  Indian  peach  scale  (Aula- 
caspis  pentagona ),  and  a lot  of  oranges  with  undetermined 
scale.  From  among  the  freight  we  were  obliged  to  destroy 
thirteen  lots  of  yams  from  China  because  of  evidence  of  de- 
structive fungi ; six  lots  of  pomelos  and  one  of  oranges  be- 
cause of  a variety  of  scale  bugs  and  danger  of  fruit  flies. 
Altho  this  inspection  of  dutiable  goods  is  a terrible  tax 
on  our  time  and  patience  we  take  the  utmost  precaution  with 
these  articles  because  of  the  danger  lurking  in  some  of  the 
diseases  they  bear.  We  do  not  want  another  taro  disease  or 
sweet  potato  disease. 
ANNUAL  REPORT. 
Fortunately  the  work  of  inspection  relaxed  somewhat  the 
last  week  of  the  month  giving  us  time  to  prepare  the  Annual 
Report  for  the  last  calendar  year.  This  is  ready  at  this  writ- 
ing and  expected  to  be  in  the  printers’  hands  tomorrow. 
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Yours  respectfully, 
JACOB  KOTINSKY, 
Superintendent  of  Entomology. 
Division  of  Animal  Industry. 
REPORT  OF  THE  TERRITORIAL  VETERINARIAN. 
Honolulu,  February  3,  1909. 
Mr.  President  and  Members  of  the  Board:  I beg  to  report 
on  the  work  of  the  Division  of  Animal  Industry  since  the 
last  meeting  of  this  Board  on  January  13,  1909. 
IMPORTATION  OF  LIVESTOCK  FROM  NEW  ZEALAND. 
On  January  16  one  of  the  imported  New  Zealand  rams 
which  were  kept  in  quarantine  in  Kalihi  quarantine  station 
, died  as  a result  of  an  accident.  This  makes  the  loss  of  two 
rams  out  of  a shipment  of  105  head  from  the  time  they  left 
New  Zealand. 
On  January  19  the  requisite  quarantine  period  of  15  days 
from  the  date  of  arrival  of  the  sheep  was  up  and  the  animals 
were  divided  and  submitted  to  a final  inspection,  after  which 
