The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-02-23

! louf the need or relOrcStuH ana the
extent TO which decreasing may be
safely permitted The Bureau favors
sending one of its own skilled fores-
ters as soon as one can be- spared. The
Territory WILL however be- required to
pay his expenses and a reasonable sal
airy An item has been paced in the
estimates for this purpose.
The plan of the Department of Agri-
/ culture az Washington to- establish an
agricultural experiment station here is
/ one OF great Importance to- the Terri
/ tory. such a station conducted by
/ trained men viii be of iuustimabIo
/ value of our agricultural population in
/ testing the capabilities of various
! plants producing food. fibre and other
valuable products i'm our climate and
soils; and in introducing scientific
/ methods Of cultivation. The small far
mer VIII be especially benefited by
such experiments, and it is to the pros
perity of the small farmer that much
OF our social and political advance
ment viii depend. Our own Department
of Agriculture and Forestry will work
with such a station i'm promoting the
development of our agricultural re-
/ sources.
a considerable appropriation is rec
commended for roads and harbor inn
ploNements. Roads are "a necessary con-
/ dition of commercial and agricultural
in mi. dira.t{i,, I,,,.,,,.l ~ I -
years. A highway, ror 5-basl.i ,-'i, 80
mas been nearly completed around the
Island OF Hawaii 1t should be finish
ed nm the coming period. The increase
i'm the number of homestead settle
msuts rsuIIfrae mann. ,,..,,. ,.,...4 4
growth of Honolulu and IIilo demands
new streets of the best quality.
Inc increase of our commerce calls
LOT more WharNes and some harhOr
ny on this WORT, until surb tir,. ., a.
may be taken nm b,- tb. rre.I.,.f 80,
eminent
The Territorial ACT requires Cha. I .
isIafifra at IFS Bret ,...sr,tll ,...,.f. .t.
the census enumeration sbaII b.. .g,l..,..
tanned. to reapportion the mepbgrebi,,
i'm the gen1fa and tt,,,... al l5..,...-
tatiNes among tho sooaforigl All ,.,,
resentatiye districts on tba h,sis r
. the population of rftizers nr fj,. ~
ritOry i'm each of said 6fetri,ts M.
executive is i'm rorraspopde,,cr Win a..
Director of tba Cans,,s a., a.. ,,., 49,
of such information and is assured maj
il will be furnished no son, oe a. ~,
ascertafned TpoD tb. receint ~ e,,,h
information bv the eveputi,a AZ ,,iII a.,
prOmptIy sapf to tl,e / e,sisI, 49,,
Previous to the goipe, mt afco,t of
the Territorial act +b-, PCT o1{,,, ~ va
spector i'm charge at Honolulu, ,li,o,,t,,.1
the country Dostrnasfars ,f t,,,s. tgI
ands to forward tba tT.,,.afi,,, -
stanps I'm tbei,. noesoei,,,, ,'
day of June to The posi- Oacl Mem
ment I'm washington which airglti,,,
was generally followed Tbeeo s+a,,,,,s
i'm every case were owned Inv, Siilb
Dostnasters II HAVING no., a., -.
in the postal bureau uDdar tba Ec,,ibI
lie of Hawaii 10 reof1irs tba I,oetI,,1,,-
ters outside of HonoluIp fo nnrrbosa
the stamps reuuired b,, tben, e., tto
business of tbai. ,.ae,,olti ,.,, -. ~
and TO sell them 10 customers or, MI.
own account A r,,,,,Jo5. ~ ~ -
masters reulIestad The Tyr,st,it,Crt,,F ~,
partment to return either The eta,,,,,. ~.
their yalue i'm none, ~, Nt,i'Ii H. W =.
stamps Such ren,Iests -, 1891, =, y
and the appIicants v,er,, ,.afe,.r..5 ~ r.
Territorial Govarpr,,ant A. ~ -
or three of these cIair,1s 49,, -, ~,
TO me. I would racor,,,,l,5 ~, - 80
lature to notify sucb nnst,'1astl,.t7 g.
send in sworn statements of u,o
amount of their losses in this no,+ta,,
and thereupon to Mace an, iter, -, r.
approximation bin for their nat,r1a,,t
Under the augmentation Of t3o C,n,,,,
ell of State for the exnansas Of a H
Waiian exhibit at tho Paris I,,.,oeitil,r,
Mr.. William G. Trv,i, Of tIoroI,,I,, 80,
appointed a Commissioner to take
charge of the enternrise ana lat,, NJ,
nm
SUI General at Paris vas annointad 90
sistant Commissioner me nre,,sIe,,c,
of the bubonic plarue in Honol,,II, 10 90
winter seriously interfarrad with tha
preparation of articles for evbib+il,n
and through the quarantine ragI,Io-
tons, delayed and wei nigh defested
the undertaking From tbase ca,,sar
the installation of the EXHIBIT Uyae ba,.e7
ly in time to receive tha fnsnacfior Of
the jury on awards. In spite of these
drawbacks the articles displayed. es-
pecially those illustrative of education
al work in the public and Kamehameha
school, attracted interest. The Depart-
ment of Public Instruction received a
grand prize for primary instruction: the
kamehameha Schools received a gold
medal for manual training work. and
the Hawaiian Planters Association was
awarded a gold medal for exhibit of
Hawaiian sugars. Commissioner Irwin
was rendered the decoration of a Che
Waller of the Legion of Honor, in rec
ognition of the participation of the Ter