The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-06-07

lsiaura appropriate suiu VI net less
thhu : wU VrF Hunum ms mn AUXILIARY
futi io br nc thn disposal ~ tho saii
rrccia ascent ~ TIE Hawaii Agricultural
Experiment station for use IN the rHtah.
iishirrht ANA maintenance, " the station
dur ur thp biennial period ftr which az.
ptuptittiuus ARE being made
From personal conversation with Mr.
smith We feel certain that far better re-
suits will be manifest from this nppro.
pratlon for his use than possibly could
be hoped FOR under the system " con-
Quoting the bureau At this time.
We include IN this recommendation the
dispensing with tho items In the csu-
mates Of appropriations NJ follows; Pay
OF Commissioner, s.aD; pay OF gardener.
81 otoi one lahorer. Tantslus new. $3.50.
one laborcr In nursery, S5N and pay OF
stcnugrnphcr and typewriter. sl,soo, Also
these changes In the lncidentals Mate
rinls, tools supplies. etc. reducing the
amount from $3.50 to $500; strike out Inn
portatn of seeds, leaving In the item
only collection OF seeds and reducing the
amount from 500 to $3.50; strike out sta
toncry. etc, 500. advertising and print
ing $3.50 competitive exhibition, $1,000:
strike out the word commissioner" from
the item travelling expenses, but leave
the amount. These will reduce the total
OF the appropriations for this bureau by
Sl55A We recommend that the appro-
prlatlon for. the entomologist and his eN-
penses bc continued as heretofore and
the eutomologist he requested to lend his
assistance in any manner needed to the
director of the experiment station.
believing i'm the principle of the pres
ervation of VITAL commercial and agricul
tural statistics, that these should be col
locted monthly or oftener II necessary
from the various sources from which the
same can be derived collated and made
n part of the report of the Secretary OF
the Territory, and with the view of per-
manently establishing service to that
end; and believing that the knowledge
and ability of Mr.. Wray Taylor pecu-
liarly fits him for the inauguration of
this work, we recommend that the item
or salary OF electoral registrar, under the
! Office of the Secretary of the Territory,
be made to read SALARY of registrar of
\ electors and statistical officer. $500: in
stead OF s. 200.
! Forestry-From the personal observa-
| tons of your committee. it's members be-
lieve that the money appropriated for
forest extensions is money that has been
well spent. II Is a pity that line of
work so vital to the agricultural inter-
ests Of the country at large should have
been neglected so completely by the
| Government as has been this matter of
forestry. From the report itself and
from personal knowledge, your commit
tee is prepared to say that there are in
| divduals and corporations in Hawaii
which do far more in this matter of for
est preservation than does the Govern
mcnt itself 1t may be true that self
interest prompts the doing; this, however.
! does not detract one iota from the pub
[ lie spiritedness and far-sightedness of the
doer and should yield an incentive to the
Government to "go and do likewise" We
commend the work of II. =. Baldwin on
Maui and of the Lihue plantation on Ka-
|uai, as being of a character to warrant
mention in this connection. Both have
spent large sums of money in forest ex-
tensions and their efforts are in vivid
contrast with those of the Government.
From newspaper reports and statements
of those conversant with conditions on
the Mainland, your committee is led tic
believe that before the next session OF
the Legislature the home Government
will have made extended inquiry and eX-
animation into the subject of forest pres
crvation in this country. Forest preser-
walton and extension and water for irri-
cation have a most intimate relation the
rome to the other. Forests undoubtedly
are necessary to the determination of
rainfall and of holding waters in sus-
pcnse in reserve, which would otherwise
rapidly seek their way to the sea The
preservation and storage of such waters,
on the other hand. to the end that they
may he utilized for agricultural pur-
poses, should he made a source of reve-
nue. to the Government The return
from the use of waters should be sunl-
cient to paw all the EXPENSES of forest
extensions and preservation, Your COM
nittee believes that the result of the in |
oriry bv the United States Governments |
experts into the local situation will re- |
solve itself into a solution of the uues- |
don. on the lines here suggested.
While foreign TO the subject of fores- !
try. vet intimately connected herewith. |
your committee wishes to energetically
enter its nrotest apains, the nract,ce
that is being inaugurated here of tun !
noling into the mountains in order to in !
crease the Weld of water from Mother
Earth. In every case where such opera-