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direct service of this table it is very useful indirectly as a check 
upon the data given in the Entomological Inspection Sheet, a copy 
of which was appended to my February report. 
To the Honorable Board of 
Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Gentlemen : — Herewith I have the honor to report upon the 
work of this Division during April. 
Thirty-one vessels reached this port from outside the Territory 
during the month and were boarded by your Inspectors. These 
were found to have brought 94 parcels in the mails, 8,300 as 
freight and 15 as baggage, giving a total of 8,409 parcels of live 
vegetable matter requiring inspection. They were all carefully 
examined and disposed of in the following manner : 
Respectfully yours, 
Jacob Kotinsky, 
Assistant Entomologist. 
DIVISION REPORT FOR APRIL, 1908. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, May 1, 1908. 
INSPECTION. 
INSPECTION FOR APRIL, I908. 
Disposal. I 
Fumigated with 
No. of Parcels. 
Causes. 
Cyanide 
Ordered returned 
3 
Largely precautionary. 
or destroyed 
100 
Scabby potatoes; one lot from 
Puget Sound fearfully so. 
Passed as free 
from pests 
Total inspected 
8,306 
8,409 
POTATOES. 
It was a pleasure to observe the practical freedom from scab 
of the potatoes that arrived during the month ; while in March 
out of 5,757 parcels of potatoes consigned to Honolulu 792 had to 
