The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-23

- meeting VI the BOARD OF ASrlcOl-
ture and Forestry was held yesterday
afternoon when matters were consid-
cred pertaining to the forest fires. to
proposed legislative bill to protect
wooded land from fires due to negli-
gence, and TO some land deals
At the meeting We're President L. A
Thurston, Secretary Holloway. Messrs.
j. F. Brown, A. w. Carter. superin-
tendent of Forestry Hos1ner and Ento-
mologist Craw.
Mr.. Hosmer presented draft of a
law to prevent forest fires in future
He stated he had compiled the draft
from similar statutes in the United
States. In its main feature the bill
provides for a fire warden in each dis
trict with power to call out people to
fight the fire, and makes it a INSIDE
meanor for any one to set fire on the
property of another, or to set fire on
his own land and either maiiciously
or through negligence to allow it to
spread through or over to his neigh
boris land. The draft was referred to
the Committee on Forestry consisting
of Messrs. Gifard, Thurston and Car
ter, with instructions to make such
amendments as they thought appro-
pirate, With power to Immediately for
ward a copy to the Governor and the
1eacri IAtI rlati
that it be adopted.
A communication was presented by
Jared Smith on behalf of the Farmers
Institute asking the legislature to APP
propriate 5000 10 pay for printing the
proceedings of the annual meeting last
year. The request was acted upon IA
vorably.
Mr.. Hosmer stated that during the
week he would have list of the seeds
ready for sale which would be pub
lished. giving the price and also the
number of seeds to the ounce.
Mr. Hosmer also stated that at the
request of the Kaimuki Improvement
Association he was raising trees for
them to plant along the main streets
at Kaimuki and Palolo. He stated he
would be glad to do the same for any
other organization which wanted trees
to plant along roads.
Secretary Holloway presented num-
Der of communications from Land Com
missioner Pratt for applications to
government lands, requesting the opin
ion of the board as to whether any of
them should be reserved for forestry
purposes. The communications were
all referred to the committee on for
estry in order to secure investigation
and report thereon by Mr.. Hosmer.
An applicable was presented by the
Kohala. Sugar Company asking that
they be allowed to surrender TO the
government about 1900 acres of land
at Awini and Amakao for an approx
mate equal area of pasture land beyond
the plantation toward Mahukona. The
matter was referred to the Forestry
Committee to investigate and to con-
suit with Land Commissioner Pratt.
Mr.. Hosmer presented a map of the
mauka line of the proposed Hilo res
ervation which had-just been complet-
ed by Mr.. LoebenStein at Hilo. The
description of the metes and bounds
will arrive Saturday on the Kinau and
the matter will then be submitted to
the Governor for action
Mr.. Hosmer presented a report upon
the various forest fires. In each case
the evidence indicated the fires had
been set on private lands in connec-
ton with clearing, and by carelessness
had been allowed to spread.
Mr.. Craw made a report concerning
quarantine inspection of plants He
had been informed that plants We're be-
ing imported at Kahului and Hilo, and
requested that, steps be taken to stop
it. The secretary was instructed to
correspond with Collector of Customs
Stackable to ask him to enforce the
law through his customs representa-
tives at those points.
Mr.. Craw also presented a letter to
himself from Prof. KOebele dated ar
Fiji. Prof. KOebele had discovered
new parasite to prey on the leaf-hopper
which he had forwarded to the Plant
ers' Association experiment station. He
had also discovered a parasite for the
blight on the alligator pear and BAN
yam trees, and had further discovered
a parasite for the horn fly, specimens
of which We're shown to the members
by Mr.. Craw