The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-10
Will. MAKE
A CHANGE
Closer Control of
Agricultural
Work.
Question Raised as to
Commissions of
Members.
The Regular Meeting OF the Board
of Forestry Held
Yesterday.

There was a full attendance at yes
terday's meeting of the Board of Agri
, culture and Forestry. Those presen
were: L. a. Thurston, President, c. S
Holloway, Executive Officer, J. D
Dole, A. w. Carter. w. M~Giffard and
J. F. Brown and Forester R. s. Hosmer
The minutes of the last meeting, in
Guiding all the action taken by the two
members at last Wednesdays session
were formally approved.
HosMER IN CHARGE.
Mr.. Thurston introduced the resolu-
ton which he had been requested to
prepare at former meeting, dealing
with the general supervision of office
| work by Mr.. Hosmer. This was as
follows: Resolved, that until further
notice r. S. Hosmer be authorized and
requested to take general charge of the
general offices, library, correspondence
and records of the Board and of the
employees of the Board. except the
members of the chronological depart
ment. subject to the general control OF
the Executive Officer and of the
Board"
The resolution was adopted unani-
mously. 1t is aimed to relieve Executive
officer Holloway of many of the rou-
tine duties of his office, and also to
make some one responsible for the de-
tails of the Office work at the head
quarters in the government nursery.
At present there is no general head to
being carried on by the experimenting
officer.
In order to get the best results, the
board intends to have a record kept OF
all the proceedings of the department.
and while there will be no change in
the authority of the various scientific
men, the intention is to have all cor
respondence, ETC., go through Executive
Officer Holloway, and all communica-
tions will be kept on file so as to be
accessible at all times. This is to
be done not only for the convenience
of the members of the board but also
SO that in the future, the work now
being carried on will not be lost,
through lack of record of what has
been done. A committee composed of
Messrs. Thurston and Carter was ap-
pointed to confer with the heads of the
chronological, forestry and agricultural
bureaus to arrange the details of a
plan by which these things could best
be done. Weekly or semi-monthly
reports of the work accomplished will
also probably be required.
REDUCTION IN EXPENSES.
Mr.. Giffard inquired OF Executive
Officer Holloway what consideration
was being given the work of the board
in the general plan of reducing the ex-
penses of the government Mr.. Hol-
loway replied that he had been going
over the figures in his department, try
ing to find what he could do without,
and the boards appropriation would
also be considered in the detailed plan
he was to submit to Governor Carter
Mr. Thurston. suggested that it would
perhaps be a good idea if the finance
committee would go over the appro-
priations with Mr.. Holloway, so that
might be followed out.
Mr.. Holloway stated that some re-
duction must be made all along the
line. that if this wasn't done it would
simply mean an extra session of the
legislature. In reply to a question
whether the reported intention to dis
pense entirely with the board was true,
Mr.. Holloway replied that it was not
He said that the Governor appreciated
the necessity of the department and
wanted to see it continued.
Forester Hosmer stated that he could
not make his recommendations until
after a conference with the forestry
committee and had some mixing as to
the extent of forest reserves it was in
tended to create. Mr.. Thurston stated
that it was not the intention of the
Legislature to provide funds for the
purchase of land for forest reserves
The entire matter of going through
the appropriations was put over until
next week, the finance committee in
the meantime to prepare a report with
recommendations for the action of the
board.
BLUEFIELDS DOING WELL
Mr.. Thurston reported on the visit of
the committee to the United States Ex-
pertinent Station on Punchbowl, saying
that the Bluefelds bananas recently
imported were doing finely. About
one hundred plants were growing and
Jared Smith expected others to come
up. Mr.. Thurston said the importa-
ton was a success.
A QUESTION OF Law.
]. F. Brown incurred as to the length
OF the terms of the various members.
He quoted a section of the law which