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The following is the work of the Inspector at Hilo : Six ves- 
sels arrived carrying vegetable matter consisting of 72 lots and 
1134 parcels, which were passed as free from pests. Twenty-five 
sacks of potatoes were sorted over on account of potato scab. 
Four palm trees were fumigated before releasing them, being in- 
fested with scale insects. 
On March 15th 1 sent a box containing a good strong colony 
of our Aphis eating ladybird Coleophora inequalis to Mr. E. K. 
Carnes, Superintendent of the California State Insectary at Sacra- 
mento, in reciprocation for his kindness in sending our Division 
large quantities of California ladybirds. I am pleased to report 
that the shipment arrived in very good condition and I have just 
sent a colony of another species Platyomus lividigaster to see how 
these would travel, my object being to cooperate with the Cali- 
fornia Board of Horticulture and in this way endeavor to procure 
such beneficial insects from them which will be of help to our 
plantings and in turn to send them such species which might 
prove of value to their large industry and in this way repay the 
Board for their kind cooperation. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Edw. M. Ehrhorn, 
Superintendent of Entomology. 
HAUOLA FOREST RESERVE. 
According to the usual custom of the Board there are published 
herewith the papers of the case in regard to the creation of a small 
forest reserve in the Hamakua District, Island of Hawaii. Fol- 
lowing are the report of the Superintendent of Forestry, the 
minutes of the public hearing and the proclamation signed by 
Acting Governor Mott-Smith : 
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, April 26, 1910. 
Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit as follows a report 
with recommendations on the setting apart as a small forest re- 
serve of a portion of the government land of Hauola in the Dis- 
trict of Hamakua, Island of Hawaii : 
The land in question is the narrow strip between the makai edge 
of the existing cane fields and the top of the bluff, approximately 
3000 feet long by about 100 feet wide and containing an area of 
