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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE AND 
FORESTRY* 
DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
REPORT ON HORTICULTURAL -QUARANTINE IN- 
SPECTION WORK. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 29, 1908. 
To the Honorable Board of 
Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Gentlemen : — 
In the absence on leave of my chief, Mr. Alexander Craw, 
who sailed for the coast per "Alameda" on February 19th, I have 
the honor to report herewith the work of this Division during 
the month just past. 
The 26 vessels that reached this port during the month from 
outside the Territory brought a total of 7802 parcels, of which 
89 came in the mails, 7701 as freight, and 12 as passengers' bag- 
gage. They were all inspected in the usual manner and* disposed 
of as follows : 
INSPECTION FOR FEBRUARY, I908. 
Disposal. 
No. of Parcels. 
Causes. 
Burned 
10 
Too badly decayed for necessary 
inspection. 
Fumigated 
Infested with live insects, or 
coming from suspicious locali- 
ties. 
Ordered re- 
turned 
150 
Very scabby potatoes. 
Passed 
7623 
Free from possible pests. 
Total 
7802 
It may interest the Board to know in this connection that we 
take the precaution of fumigating with Hydrocyanic acid gas all 
plants from California, especially those sent with leaves on, in 
order to prevent the introduction of the white fly that has re- 
cently been found established in that State, and which is a ter- 
rible pest of Citrus and other plants in Florida. Also, all plants 
arriving from the Orient because of our comparative ignorance 
of the economic insect fauna of that quarter of the globe, are in- 
variably subjected to the cyanide fumes. 
