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a profitable  crop.  Being  marketed  in  the  dry  state  no  extra  trans- 
portation facilities  are  required  and  the  American  market  can 
easily  take  care  of  all  we  can  produce. 
In  order  to  give  his  work  official  status  in  foreign  lands  where 
such  seemed  indispensable  to  him  Mr.  Fred  Muir,  the  entomol- 
ogist in  the  service  of  the  Hawaiian  Sugar  Planters’  Association 
engaged  in  the  search  of  parasites  for  the  sugar  cane  borer,  was 
on  the  26th  appointed  Beneficial  Insect  Collector  of  this  Board 
and  Division.  He  is  at  present  in  New  Guinea  where  he  located 
a parasite  of  the  borer  and  hopes  to  bring  it  here  soon. 
On  the  13th  of  April  the  Board  made  two  additions  to  our  staff 
of  Honorary  Entomological  Inspectors.  They  were  made  on  the 
recommendation  of  the  Maui  County  Board  of  Supervisors,  and 
are  as  follows : Dr.  W.  B.  Deas  for  the  District  and  Port  of  Hana ; 
Mr.  William  Robb  for  the  District  of  Lahaina  and  Port  of  Kaa- 
napali.  These  appointments  should  serve  as  additional  safeguards 
against  invasion  by  foreign  pests.  Letters  giving  detail  instruc- 
tions were  sent  these  officers  to  guide  them  in  their  inspection 
duties. 
Respectfully, 
Jacob  Kotinsky, 
Superintendent  of  Entomology  and  Chief  Inspector. 
“The  production  of  garden  vegetables  for  the  local  market  is 
almost  entirely  in  the  hands  of  Chinese  and  Japanese  gardeners. 
However,  as  it  is  a tendency  on  the  part  of  most  orientals  to  plant 
over  and  over  again  using  seed  of  their  own  production,  vegetables 
of  improved  varieties  grown  from  imported  seed  find  good  sale  in 
competition  with  the  ordinary  run  of  product  at  fair  prices.  The 
climatic  conditions  are  such  that  anyone  who  wishes  to  take  the 
trouble  to  do  so,  can  grow  almost  any  kind  of  garden  vegetable 
excepting  perhaps  celery,  peas,  asparagus  and  cauliflower,  in  his 
own  garden  at  all  seasons  of  the  year.” — Jared  G.  Smith. 
SISAL  EXPANSION. 
The  Hawaiian  Sisal  Company  is  proceeding  rapidly  with  its 
new  plantation  near  Leilehua.  The  new  method  of  growing  the 
plants  on  cultivated  land  is  expected  to  bring  satisfactory  results. 
Hitherto  the  idea  has  prevailed  that  the  fibre  is  best  when  pro- 
duced upon  uncultivated  sites  and  much  interest  therefore  attaches 
to  the  experiment. 
The  Hawaiian  Sisal  Company  ships  about  fifty  bales  of  its 
product  to  San  Francisco  monthly,  and  is  adding  to  its  machinery 
in  order  to  meet  the  demands  of  increased  production. 
