The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-24
WILL GROW
TEAK WOOD
Distribution of the
Seeds Will Be
Made.
Hamakua Will Get the
First Forest
Reserve.
Forester Hosmer About Ready 10
Begin Active Work Perk-
ins Protests.

A. w. Carter, c. S. Holloway, L. A.
Thurston and Forester r. S. Hosmer
were in attendance at the meeting of
the Board of Agriculture and Forestry
yesterday afternoon.
Forester, ,Hosmer reported to the
board that he had spent two days of
the past week at Kahuku, inspecting
the land of Kaipapau which is involved
in the exchange proposition made by
the government to Jas. B. Castle. The
land was offered in exchange for some
owned by Mr.. Castle and taken for
widening upper Fort street, and the
deal was concluded with the exception
of signing the papers while Mr. Cooper
was Superintendent of Public Works.
Mr.. Hosmer was not prepared to make
recommendations to the board but will
report at the next meeting.
The Superintendent of Forestry re-
ported also that 1928 trees had been
planted in Nuuanu valley during the
week. The weather had been bad SO
the men We're engaged for the greater
part of the week in making leaf pots for
transplanting trees. and in clearing off
grass. Mr.. Hosmer reported also that
during the week 277 plants. and trees
had been given away at the govern
ment nursery.
Two and half pounds of teak seed
have been received from the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington,
and Mr.. Hosmer intends to distribute
the seed to different sections of the
Islands as an experiment. The tree
is a very valuable one for Hawaii.
There is on hand large quantity of
seeds which were sent here
from Washington by the late Delegate
Wilcox. Mr.. Hosmer is having the
seeds tested, and if it is found that
they will still terminate, they will be
distributed to the various islands.
Mr.. Hosmer will make tours of Maui
and Kauai as soon as the weather
sufficiently to permit Of this
being done He also intends to visit
Kona soon in order to investigate and
report upon the two land propositions
submitted to the Board of
Agriculture by the Land Department.
pointment with A. w. Carter to visit
the Hamakua district in April. A for
est reserve for that district will prob
ably be decided upon at that time.
A recommendation was received from
Perkins advising the fix
ing of a scale of charges and specific
rules for the fumigation and disinfec-
ton of plants. Prof. Perkins will be
asked to ascertain the cost of the in
spection and to submit desired rules to
the board.
Professor Perkins also made some
in regard to the rules
suggested governing inter-island plant
inspection. He doubted the necessity
If general plant inspection between the
stands, saying that too many restric-
ions were likely to work harm. Sugar
zane. he suggested, should be left in
quarantine long enough to make the
thorough. Mr.. Perkins |
said that it would require day to |
inspect each separate dozen bags of
eed cane.
AS no quorum was present, definite
lction could not be taken relative 10
he rule on inter-island plant inspec-
ion.
President Thurston stated that no
rotests had been received during the
week against the stopping of the free
of plants, but in the alb
ence of a quorum, action on the pro-
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