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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 
Division of Entomology. 
DIVISION REPORT FOR MAY, 1908. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, June I, 1908. 
To the Honorable Board of 
Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to report herewith upon the 
work of this Division during the month of May : 
During the period covered by this report 34 vessels from out- 
side the Territory reached this port and the live vegetable matter 
they brought as freight, passengers' baggage and in the mails 
was subjected to the customary rigid inspection with the follow- 
ing results : 
INSPECTION DURING MAY, I908. 
No. of 
Disposal. Parcels. Causes. 
Passed as free from 
possible pests 10,612 
Ordered returned 17 Potatoes with fungus (3), 
apples (14), wormy and 
decayed. 
Dipped in Bodeaux. . . 3 (5,000 roots) To prevent in- 
troduction of pernicious rust. 
Fumigated 35 To kill insects upon plants or 
seeds. 
Burned 11 Rusty peas and wormy- 
turnips. 
Immersed in Formalin 19 Seed potatoes. 
Total inspected 10,697 
FACTS NOTED IN COURSE OF INSPECTION. 
Earth Worms. — On the 27th the S. S. Manuka brought a con- 
signment of Orchids from Fiji. In the box were found several 
live beetles. It was immediately placed in the fumigation cham- 
ber and given the usual dose of cyanide. Xo live insects were 
found on the plants after fumigation, but in the soil a millipede 
