55 
Of 34 vessels boarded we found fruit, plants and vegetables on 
18. These shipments received the usual rigid inspection and were 
disposed of as follows : 
Disposal zvitli principal causes. 
Lots. 
Parcels. 
Passed as free from pests 
884 
22,568 
Fumigated before releasing 
31 
39 
Burned 
21 
102 
936 
22,709 
POSSIBLE PESTS INTERCEPTED. 
Citrus fruits, Tangerines, Pomelos 
and Oranges 
from the 
Orient, prohibited from landing under rules of the Board, were 
found infested with scale and Cladosporium citri. Orange trees 
from Japan affected with Cladosporium citri were burned. 
Orchids from Mauiila were carefully gone over and fumigated on 
account of finding several scale insects and Curculionid borers. 
Peach trees from Florida infested with Peachroot borer. Cherry 
tree from Japan infested with wood borer. Several lots of Xmas 
berries and greens infested with common scale insects. 
To further emphasize the importance of the ruling prohibiting 
the importation of fruit from the Orient and Polynesia 1 wish to 
draw attention to the fact that recently three new species of fruit 
flies of the same genrrs as our melon maggot ( Dacns) have been 
found and described. Two of these were reared from guavas and 
one species was raised from orange. The great damage done by 
the melon maggot to our curcubits is sufficient warning and we 
must endeavor to keep out those species which would attack our 
citrus and guavas. 
Since my last report I have received the following letter from 
I\lr. A. Koebele in answer to one in which I questioned him re- 
garding the necessary parasites for scale and melon maggot. I 
embody all the correspondence for future reference : 
Honolulu, T. H., November 18, 1909. 
Mr. A. Koebele, 
Waldirch in Breisgan, Baden, Germany. 
My Dear Koebele : — I have your letter of August 20th and 
should have answered the same before. I found this letter here 
waiting for me. Please accept my sincere thanks for your good 
wishes and advice. I have heeded your warning and so far my 
sister and I feel very well and we are comfortably settled in a little 
cottage, about four blocks from the office, near Mrs. Jaeger’s place. 
All your sendings have been faithfully forwarded by Mr. Wil- 
liams, who promised me that he would attend to this matter foi 
