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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE AND 
FORESTRY. 
Division of Entomology* 
Honolulu, Hawaii, November i, 1908. 
Honorable Board of Commissioners of 
Agriculture and Forestry of the 
Territory of Hawaii. 
Gentlemen : — Following- is my report for the month of October. 
INSPECTION. 
We boarded 21 vessels and found matter subject to our inspec- 
tion on 15 of them. The disposal made of the cargo is shown in 
the following 
TABLE OF INSPECTION. 
,OTS PARCELS DISPOSAL WITH PRINCIPAL CAUSES. 
543 16,658 Passed as free from pests. 
14 75 Treated before releasing owing to scale bugs 
principally. 
20 39 Burned. 22 of these were turnips, infested 
with cabbage maggot and covered with 
soil. The balance were wormy fruit and 
scaly fruit. 
577 i6,y/2 Total inspected. 
HILO INSPECTION. 
Bro. Matthias reports from Hilo having inspected 185 1 parcels 
in all. Of these, a small lot of oranges he threw overboard be- 
cause of bad condition. Destroyed the cases and wrappers of two 
lots of plants that passed muster otherwise. 
POSSIBLE PESTS INTERCEPTED AND DESTROYED. 
Turnips. — Every lot of this vegetable imported during the 
month was found dirty and wormy. As the pest is not yet re- 
corded from the Territory we are anxious to keep it out and there- 
