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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE AND 
FORESTRY* 
Division of Entomology* 
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF ENTOMOLOGY 
FOR SEPTEMBER, 1908. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, October 1, 1908. 
Hon. Board of Commissioners of 
Agriculture and Forestry 
of the Territory of Hawaii. 
Gentlemen : — I beg to present herewith the report of the 
Entomological Division for the month of September. 
INSPECTION. 
We boarded 24 vessels for the purpose of inspection and found 
17 of them to have brought more or less matter subject to our in- 
spection. 
TABLE OF INSPECTION. 
NO. OF 
DISPOSAL AND CAUSES. 
LOTS. 
PARCELS 
769 
22 
13^63 
183 
Passed as free from possible pests. 
Fumigated, with the exception of a few 
cases, to kill greedy scale on fruit. 
4 
22 
Destroyed. Largely dirty and maggoty 
turnips. 
3 
394 
Ordered returned owing to excessive in- 
festation with greedy scale. 
798 
13,762 
Total inspected. 
Hilo Inspection. 
Upon his inspection work at Hilo, Bro. Matthias Xewell re- 
ports as follows : 
"2245 parcels passed the inspection during the month of Sep- 
tember. All were in good condition, excepting two cases of 
pears, having arrived in bad condition, were dumped." 
