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ARTICLES  DESTROYED  AND  CAUSES. 
It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  give  in  each  report  a list  of  articles 
destroyed  and  the  causes  for  such  action.  This  one  is  appended 
merely  to  show  a typical  series  of  causes  leading  to  seizure  and 
destruction. 
Yams  from  the  Orient — unmistakable  evidence  of  fungus  dis- 
ease. 
Sweet  potatoes  from  the  Orient — unmistakable  evidence  of  fun- 
gus disease. 
Bulbs  of  unknown  plants  from  the  Orient — maggots. 
Lemons  from  United  States  (small  lot) — scale  bugs. 
Fresh  fruit  from  the  Orient  in  immigrant’s  baggage — contrary 
to  Board  regulations. 
Potatoes  from  United  States  (small  lot) — badly  infested  with 
scab. 
Horse  radish  from  United  States — infested  with  cabbage  ( ?) 
maggots. 
Sugar  cane  from  China  in  immigrant’s  baggage — contrary  to 
Board  regulations  and  showing  evidence  of  severe  insect  injury 
besides  (preserved  specimens  for  laboratory  exhibit). 
Cut  flowers  from  United  States — infested  with  aphis  and  red 
spider.  (These  were  discarded  by  the  owner  and  thrown  on  to 
wharf  from  ship  deck.  Were  picked  up  by  boys  who  proceeded 
-to  decorate  themselves  with  them  before  the  origin  and  infesta- 
tion of  the  flowers  was  discovered.)  Further  comment  seems 
.unnecessary. 
Among  the  possible  pests  killed  by  fumigation  were  aphis  or 
plant  lice  on  a variety  of  plants  from  the  United  States ; two 
species  of  beetles  (Calandra  and  Bostrichid?)  on  rice  sample  from 
the  United  States ; two  species  of  beetle  and  a centipede  in  a fern 
Jrom  the  Orient  by  an  immigrant ; a complete  colony  of  an  un- 
known ant  and  larvae  of  a snout  beetle  in  orchids  from  Singapore; 
about  ten  species  of  insects,  all  injurious,  on  one  lot  of  orchids 
from  Manila. 
In  connection  with  the  Hawaiian  Exhibit  at  the  Alaska-Yukon- 
Pacific  Exposition  we  fumigated  two  lots  of  coconut  bunches  and 
two  huge  rooms  full  of  a large  variety  of  plants  in  order  to  insure 
their  admission  to  Seattle. 
HILO  INSPECTION. 
On  the  work  of  Hilo  inspection  Bro.  Matthias  writes  as  follows : 
‘AVe  had  six  foreign  vessels. 
“There  were  93  lots  and  1478  parcels,  all  of  these  were  passed. 
“Thirty-one  parcels  containing  seeds  and  plants  came  through 
'the  mail.  A few  of  these  needed  attention  on  account  of  aphis. 
“Nine  large  packages  containing  bulbs  and  consigned  to  one 
party  came  from  Florida.  As  they  were  not  labeled  they  would 
