The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-05-11
AN ABLE DOCUMENT BY COM
MISSIONER MARSDEN.
Rifles and Regulations OF the bureau
Suggestions. Etc, Etc.
His Excellency J. A. KING, Presi-
dent of the Bureau of Agriculture

SIR: Pursuant to instructions re
ceived at meeting Of the bureau
held on April s, 1895, your commits
sloner has made a careful eXamina
ton OF the government land situated
on the southeast slope of PunchbowI
The area examined comprises ali ex
tent OF about twenty acres, com
menciDg at the government pound al
an elevation of SO feet above sea level
and running mauka on both sides OF
the Punchbowl road to an elevation
OF DO feet above sea level. The land
is covered with a dense growth OF
lantana, and there are quite a mum.
Der OF kiawe trees scattered over the
land. Holes were sunk to a depth OF
feet in different parts of the tract,
and the result proved the soil to be oil
the best possible character. The soil
is rich black mould from IS inches
to feet in depth, everything a dark
red subsoil. In no place was any
black sand uncovered. The land lies
on gentle slope inclining towards
the premises of the Lunalilo Home.
The quality of the soil and the situa-
ton render it admirably adapted for
the purpose of a botanical garden
and experimental station. The road
up Pnnchbowl winds through the
land, which, if planted with various
kinds of economic and ornamental
trees and shrubs will prove one of the
most attractive portions of Honolulu.
But In addition to this, and what is
far more important, will be the great
value to the country of an expert
mental station where the culture of
coffee, cacao, spices and various kinds
of tropical and semi-tropical fruits,
new sugar canes, fibre plants, etc.,
can be carried on, and young trees
and plants OF the same distributed
throughout the country, and many
new industries encouraged. Here the
blight and insect pests that attack the
trees and plants can be studied, and
the best means of destroying them
made known to the public.
L would respectfully recommend
that steps be at once taken to have
the land set apart according to Sec
ton of the law of 1892 to establish a
Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry.
During the last month, an appar-
atus for the manufacture of COM
pounds for destroying blight has been.
erected at the government nursery on
King street, and compound has
been manufactured that has proved
very effective in destroying the white
blight. The compound as given out
at the nursery is in a concentrated
form requiring twelve parts of water
TO one OF the compound to make the
necessary strength for spraying trees
and plants, the cost of which to the
public is less than one and a half
cents per gallon. Three hundred and
twenty-five gallons of the compound
sufficient to make 1000 gallons of
wash have been delivered from the
nursery. While there is no doubt but
that number of people are impressed
with the necessity of disinfecting
their trees, there are others who are
apathetic and take no action to rid
their trees CT the blight which re-
mains q constant menace to those
who do everything to keep their trees
clean. To correct this evil and to
enable your commissioner to- make
Roadway against the blight, would
respectfully recommend the bureau
to approve the following regulations
and to- present the same to the Min
lister of the Interior for his approval,
as provided i'm Section 6 of the law of
1880, relating to the suppression OF
plant diseases, blight and insect pests.
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE
AND FORESTRY.
Regulation relating to blight and
insect pests on the island of Oahu.
Ist. Every owner or occupier OF any
PREMISES on the island of Oahu WHO'S
endcavoring to destroy blight or in
sect pests on the trees or plants grow
ing upon such premises, Is entitled TO
protection from blight or insect pests
on trees or plants growing upon ad,
Joining or adjacent promises. Anu
il the owner or tenant such adJacent
premises, after being notified, snail
not take proper measures to destroy
the blight or insect pests, such neglect
shall be reported to the commissioner
of agriculture and forestry.
ID. Upon such neglect being, re
norted to the commissioner, 1T snail
be his duty to examine the trees or
plants said to be so infected, ana IL ne
shall find the report to be correct ne
shall cause a written or printed not ae'
tn he served upon the owner or occu-
nier of the premises upon which the
Injected trees or plants are growing,
recurring such owner or occupler
within one week from the date OF ser
vice of the notice, to have the infected
trees or plants thoroughly sprayed
with some solution which Will eHec-
lively destroy the blight or pest, or TO
fumigate the same in such manner as
tC. attain the same object.
Sd. Any person failing to comply
with the order contained in such no
tice will be liable to a fine of not to
exceed one hundred dollars, as pro-
yided by section of an act entitled:
s.An act relating to suppression OF
plant diseases, blight and insect
pests" approved July 10th, ALL
1880.
MABIKI FOREST.
A skilled forester has been engaged
to take charge of the planting at Ma
kiki forest. The old gang of Chlnese
have been replaced by japanese at
reduced rate of wages. Fruit trees VIII
be planted in the valleys, and TO TINS
end an order has been sent to Austria
liza for the following trees Figs
(assorted), two dozen; almonds (as-
sorted), one dozen; guavas (assorted),
one dozen; oranges (assorted), SIX
dozen; oranges (Mandarin), two dozen;
lemons (assorted), two dozen; oranges
(bitter), three dozen; citrons (assorted),
one dozen; olives (assorted), one
dozen; Japanese persimmons, one and
a half dozen.
Preparations are being made 10
plaut the trees as soon as possible after
arrival, and as many seeds ana cut
tiugs Of every kind of tropical and
senIi-tropical fruits will be planted as
can be obtained. An effort will be
made to procure cacao and nutmeg
seeds and plants from other coun-
tries. as well as seeds of the mahogany
and teak and other timber trees.