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DIVISION OF ENTOAIOLOGY. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, August 31, 1910. 
Honorable Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my report of the work of 
the Division of Entomology for the month of August. 
Of 32 vessels boarded we found fruit, plants and vegetables on 
19. The usual care was exercised in the rigid inspection and the 
following disposal made : 
Disposal with principal causes. Lots. Parcels. 
Passed as free from pests 1134 16,069 
Fumigated before releasing 8 61 
Burned 6 12 
Total inspected 1148 16,142 
PESTS INTERCEPTED. 
Probably the most important find for many months was taken 
this time. It consisted of a bag of sugar cane containing about 
50 pieces of cane cut into 12-inch lengths. This cane was without 
question badly infected with the Fiji disease as we were able to 
compare it with alcohol specimens at the Hawaiian Sugar Plant- 
ers’ Experiment Station. This disease would raise havoc with 
the sugar industry of these islands should it ever get a foothold. 
We took the cane to the Lucas Mill and burned it at once. Here 
is an illustration of the great necessity to watch the travelers 
baggage and we are indeed thankful to state that the friendliest 
cooperation now exists between our Division and the L^. S. Cus- 
toms which really means half the battle. Nothing can now pass 
into the Territory until we see it and every customs inspector may 
be rightly considered a deputy of my department, thanks to the 
great kindness and interest of the Collector of the Port. 
One lot of apples from California was very seriously infested 
with the Codling moth and the shipment was burned. A lot of 
onion sets from Japan were found infested with Capsids and the 
lot was fumigated with carbon bisulphide. 
Brother ^latthias. Inspector at Hilo, reports 15 vessels boarded, 
2 carrying vegetable matter and 1 in ballast. There arrived 127 
lots and 2242 parcels. Of these all but one lot and two parcels 
were passed as free from pests, the two parcels were returned on 
account of being badly infested with the Purple scale. 
