Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-16
Director Smiths Opinions,
GIVEN IN HIS REPORT,
On Hawaiian Agriculture

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ne annual repor, vi .ne ria"a,i EN-,
pertinent o'a.ion' Wy piee'oi oareu
VI oni.n, mas oeeh issueu Wy 'he ASH
eul.ural Department III pahpnle' lolh
win eNceliehL ILLUSTRATIONS Vi tne s'a'
'lon heauquaI'ers anu 'ie nelus Mnere
the WORN Is going on IN the uetaiieu
report Vi 'he "ork uohe' 'he Direc'oi
SAYS
Inc period from April 10 May 10
was OCCUPIED III lnahihs preiinihar!
surveys VI the iahu whi.n nau oeeh se'
apa'' ioi 'ne use VI 'nv 9a',o"' ',e
ne"aio- ''"I' III MahiN 'aies, au-
Ja'en' " 'ie '"s vi iiono'uiu. niH
i"''' co,i'ainins iof "'ieo' ishe a'ohs
'he sou'heas' siope Vi 'ne unohoo y,
ana lah.aius rluse' 10 nearly Two ni'ies
iohe anu mas maximum "'u'n VI
apou' oVV sarus at i's 'o"est po't'oh'
nearest 'he city' ana aoou' loo yarus a'
the upper emu Inc elevation ranges
from lEo lee'' nearest .ne Guy, " las'
leet ON the emu nearest mount ianta-
Jus, 'he heisn' Vi 'na' peak oeihs <Vi'
lee.
Aithousn 'he preliminary arrahse-
menus mad been entered INTO IN septem-
oer' isoo' between the Governor vi the
territory ana Dr' stuoDs' YET tne tor-
maj transfer ala not Jake place uhti'
June ~ lsoI' Wheh TWO tracts were re-
served 10 tne Ierrltory' one OF Ten
acres as stone quarry and second
OF nity-two acres on the slopes ana
withih the crater OF fuhehDowi HILL
which was reserved Tor a pubic park
by 'he courtesy Oh the secretary OF the
navy thls Department was granted inc
temporary use OF tne naval hospltaI
sue LOT experimental purposes Inc
WITH vi ciearihs lanu ana erecting
oui'uihss was begun Win as httle de'
Jay as possioie' l"ehty-iour acres
comprising all Oh the naval HOSPITAL
reservation ana iahd adjacent 10 IT,
was cleared Oh dense CROWN Oh qua
va anu ian'aha oushes, pricRiy pear
anu aisarooa Ut mesquite Dean WOODS
Inc eontrac' uhuer winch the work was
performed called tor the removal OF all
Tree stumps ana roots ana Flowing the
lanu 10 the ueptn Oh twenty inches'
ms "ork was not competed within
tne period agreed upon pnt was car
ried opt IN an extremely careful man
uer, renecting great credit upon the
contractor. Inc cost OF this work
annouh,eu 10 |oo per acre. ABOUT thir-
" Gurus Vi WOOL worm sio a cord'
were optaihed from this iand and are
i.o" Oh nahu subject 10 SAFE
american r'rm Best
thirteen acres OF lo-year-old planted
Eucalyptus or Australlah gum forest
was aiso cleared at the upper END at
a eoH''a ACT price vi 200 per acre Inc
trees were very uehse III this forest
anu 'he cos' Vi rehoVal OF roots ana
s s,ps hucn greater thah IN the open
s"'ooa anu sua'a "oous a' the io"er
eie'a'ioh' ihis cohtract was carried
ou' ny JAPANESE iaDor ana was not as
eiiciehtiy periorihea as the previous
one gwen 10 an american hrm. About
4oo corus Oh WOOD were secured by the
s'a.ioh' Vaiued at 70 10 *S'oo per cord
CONTRACTS were also let ior the cree
.ioh oi IN once ana residence puild-
Jug. ne once contains TWO rooms, and
70 ,n,enueu " oe ohiy one wing OF .
puiia'hs, the remainder 70 pe compiet-
Gu at d ia.er aate.
me resiuehce contains SIX rooms
.'o'n oi'oe anu Iesiuehce occupy
commanding position on the heights
"DoVe anu PACK ol hohoiuiu' at an eie-
r',uT n VI GOV .ee so "oo'e sea Ievei. hese
tun,'','t s .pe' eoovv, tue eon'ract no'
,n'n a, .ne palh,is,