Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-01-14
WANT PROFESSOR KOEBElE
OTHER GOVERNMENT AFTER HIS
Valuable SERVICES.
Coffce Growers In the wssras rresi
dcncy in Correspondence with
Commissioner Mnrsdcn.

a few who do not fully appreciate
the magnificent results Of Profes.
sor Koebcle's work in freeing the
cane, coffee aud citrus plantations
of Hawaii from the insect pests
which at one time threatened their
almost total destruction, it is most
gratifying to know that his labor
here and the results obtained
therefrom are being watched most
carefully by entomologists, gov
ernment officials, sugar aud coffee
plantation owners in all parts OF
the world where those staples
| flourish.
What Profe ssor Koebele il do.
ing for Hawaii will be of bcne fit
to the whole world aud il his labors
are not appreciated here as they
should be it is n source OF consola.
tion to Commissioner Marsden
and others whose efforts resulted
in Mr.. Koebele's employment by
the Hawaiian government that
they are elsewhere by those better
qualified TO Judge of the value of
his services than the few who de.
cry them here.
One must visit the Office Of the
Commissioner of Agriculture and
look through his letter files to
gather any idea Of the largo cor
respondence which he has to keep
Mp with. The writer has been shown
letters from all parts of the
world received by him asking for
information on a vast number of
subjccts, ranging from ladybircs
to coffee and toads and the results
J Of subsoil irrigation in the cuIti-
vation Of sugar cane. In answer-
ing these letters Mr.. Marsden is
picking up such fund of inform
alton that he will soon become
walking encyclopedia aud u
good big ono at that. These let.
ters come from all parts OF the
world, from China and Japan,
England and the Continent of
Europe; the United !5tntas, es-
peciaily those in the south; from
the islands of the far south, from
Borneo, Java and all parts Of
Australia and even from far of
India. People in Hawai- would
not think that the governor and
council of the Madras Presidency
were interesting themselves in
what Professor Koebele is doing
for Hawaii, and yet they appear
to be doing so to considerable
extent, Judging from the follow
ing letter, which is copied as
sample of many for the purpose
of showing that the efforts of Ha.
waii in eradicating insect pests
are receiving almost world wide
attentions:
Following is a copy of a letter re
Gently received by Commissioner
Marsden from Gabriel Stokes,
Esq, Of the Indian Civil Service,
acting secretary to the Govern
ment of Madras, dated November
IA, 1896:
70 the Commissioners of Aeri-
culture, Hawaii.
Sir-His Excellency the Gov
ernor of Madras in Council has
recently been given to understand
that experiments have for some
time past been conducted at your
instance in Hawaii by Professor
Koebele with a view to the de-
struction by the agency of the
cryptotaemus mOntrozeri and other
species Of lady birds of the scale
bugs and other insects which at
tack coffee. The subject being
one of importance to the planting
community Of Southern India, l
am directed to request that if
there is no objection you will be
good enough to favor the Madras
Government with such informa-
tion a8 may be available.
l. AS to the results obtained
from the experiments which have
been conducted.
2. AS to the approximate cost
of obtaining a consignment of
lady birds for experimental pur.
poses in Madras and the source
from which to procure such con-
signment, and
B. AS to whether Professor Koe
belle could arrange to visit Madras
for a short period for the purpose
of investigating the insect pests
which cause damage to coffee in
the MnlrnS Prasilnncu