The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-04-20
Tho Experimental htation.

| lOl'OWlpB letIeT Oh lnstFuctlOns:
In discharge OF your duties as
special agent IN charge of the Ha-
waii Experiment Station, you will
proceed without delay to Honolulu
and establish headquarters there,
with view to the organic alton of
regular experiment station work in
Hawaii.
You should as soon as possible
arrangeto secure possession Of the
tract Of land in Honolulu known as
''Kewslo," which was reserved by
tho Hawaiian Government for au
experiment station, as set forth in
tho map of the Surveyor General
of the Hawaiian Islands OF 1898
You will also arrange to have
plans and specifications drawn and
contr2cts made for the construction
o! a building as an exp,rim ,nt sta.
tion headquarters, to be crested on
the aforesaid lald. The building
should coutain rooms for office and
laboratory for the experiment sta
tion work, and quarters for the
special agent in charge. You
should arrange TO begin the cou-
struction of this building at an
early date, using for this purpose
whatever unexpended balance re
mains of the appropriation for the
Hawaii Experiment Station for the
current fiscal year, after suitable
provision is made for other station
expenses to July l, 1901.
You should clear aud fence land
on the track for experim ant statioa
Purposes at Honolulu as far as may
be necessary for the work OF the
experiment station in the near
future.
You should also plan to erect
during the coming fscal year such
additional small buildings as will bs
nesded as quarters for laborers, and
for the housing of domestic animals
and implements belonging to the
station.
In making plans for experimental
work, you should consider especial
ly the needs of the people of the
Hawaiian Islands as regards the
production of food supplies for
home consumption, and the develop
ment OF animal industry, dairying,
and coffee culture. You shonld as
far as practicable, extend aid to the
people of the different localities
throughout the Islands for the i'm
proyement and development OF
local agricultural industries. This
may be done by the distribution of
seeds, plants aud publications; the
giving OF advice by CORES poudencs
or otherwise, and the institution of
co operative experiments.
You should as far az possible
make collections Of seeds, plants,
plant diseases, birds aud other ami
mails which are OF economic import
ancs, and forward specimens to this
office for determination in the de-
psrtment as far as may be necessary.
Arrangements should be made TO
keep useful specimens Of this char
acter at Rouolu!u, and to send
those which are not needed there,
to Washington, as far as may be
deemed advisable.
A library Of station and other
publications should he begun at
Honolulu, and arrangements made
Tor its care aud preservation.
Arrangements should be made to
keep careful and satisfactory records
OF all experiments and observations
made under your direction at Homo
lulu and other points in the Hawai-
ian Islands, and assistants should be
especially charged to give careful
snd regular attention TO this mat
ter.
You should inform this office Of
the progress OF station operations
at least once a month, 'aud should
prepare detailed report of opera
tiuns for publication in the annual