The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-05-06
PLANTERS
PAY HALF
Plans Are Made for
Australian
Trip.

The Hawaiian Planters Association
| has agreed to pay onehalf the salaries
| and two-thrds the expenses of the gov
eminent entomologists while they arc
| i'll Australia in search of leaf hopper
parasites and other beneficial insects
| Professor Koebele and Professor Per-
kins will leave on the Siberia next We'd
nesday for Australia and Fiji and will
be gone for six months or more. The
matter was fully discussed at the meet
ing of the Board of Agriculture yestcr-
day and it was agreed to accept the Of
fer OF the planters The Territory con-
scqiently will have to pay one-thrd of
the expense and half of the salaries OF
the two experts.
w. Nj. Giitard stated that it had been
estimated by Professor Rochelle that the
expenses of the trip would be to start
with about $500, but it had been de
cided to give at least $4,000 for the be-
ginning Mr.. Holloway suggested that
the board OF agriculture would be will
men and one-thrd OF the expenses. Mr..
Carter put this i'll the form of a motion
and it was unanimously carried.
Mr. Gitfard stated that Mr.. Perkins -,
had asked for letters of introduction to
the various steamship companies in Aus
tralia in order to expedite the shipment
OF specimens. The matter had already
been attended to. Mr.. Perkins also
requested the collector of customs be
asked to facilitate the entrance into Ho-
noluu of the insects, as they would
come from a foreign country. Mr.. Gift
fard said that he had conversation
with Mr.. Stackable in the morning and
the latter had offered to cooperate in
every way possible with the board in
bringing in the parasites. He had also
offered to send a customs Inspector with
the shipment when it arrived to the in
sect house, where it might be opened
without danger to the parasites.
THE BANANA QUESTIONS.
]. +. Brown of the agricultural COM
mittee stated that he had talked over
the letter of inquiry relative to the ba-
mana industry with Mr. Dole. They
had come to the conclusion that it would
be best to get together such information
about the banana industry as might be
and TO prepare letter for sub
mission to the board. Mr.. Brown said
that he couldn't see anything in the
query which couldn't properly be an
swered and he didn't believe there was
anything to the letter of inquiry, unless
it was that lots of hard work would be
,,anI,I TO Ias;raI ,,fn
ton. Mr.. Giifard suggested that gem
eral reply be sent, as is sent by the
Planters Association in response to let
tiers of inquiry. Mr.. Brown said that
he believed the best way was to answer
such letters in order to encourage pos
siblc settlers. He finally promised to
bring TO the next meeting a draft of the
letter for editing by the board.
Mr. Giffard said that he had had
talk with Mr.. Macfarlane in which the
latter had stated his intention of sending
to the Board of Agriculture rooms, the
exhibit of fruits and vegetables prepared
for the fair. Governor Carter had con-
scented to the proposed disposition OF
the display and Mr.. Gffard thought
there would be no objection TO receiving
the exhibit when the formal offer should
be made The exhibit is TO be placed i'll
the display room at the board headquar
ters
A report was received from Forester
Hosmer OF the work in the Nuuanu for
estry and at the nursery for the week.
Mr.. IIosmer during the week, inspected
the forests about the Honolulu planta-
ton w. NJ. Giffard A. W. Carter, j. i.
Brown and C. S. Holloway were in at
tendance at the meeting