The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-30
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division, which was accepted ana nleu.
June 20, 1905.
Board of Commissioners of Agriculture
and Forestry, Honolulu, I. II.
Gentlemen: / have the honor to sub
! nit herewith the report of the Division
of Forestry for the past week. During
the week the staff of this Division has
/ been for the most part engaged in de-
tails incident to the closing Of the rs
cal period and the carrying on of the
routine work of the Division.
On Thursday, June %, forest fire
on the land of Honolulu was reported
by Commissioner Jas. d. Dole from
Wahiawa. / at once notified Mr.. b.
F. Dillingham; who as General Man
ager of the Oahu Railway & Land Co.,
controls this land. Mr.. Dillingham; Or
dered a gang of thirty-five laborers to
start at once for the fire. Mr.. David
Haughs of this Division accompanied
them to take charge of the work. Upon
the arrival of the fire fighters at the
honolulu Station 1t was found that
the fire which had burned over brush
and grass land, had been extinguished
by the local ranch-men. The laborers
were accordingly brought back to Ho-
nolulu by return train.
1 wish to,record my appreciation Of
the action taken by Mr.. B. F. Dilling-
ham in this matter. His prompt re-
Spouse to my request for assistance
and his immediate despatching of
large gang to the scene OF the fire are
worthy of much praise.
Had the fire proved as serious as 1t
appeared when first reported the action
of Mr.. Dillingham; would have helped
much to prevent its spread. Unless a
forest fire Is checked at the start 1t
soon becomes very difficult to control.
except at great expense, and after
much injury has been done. 4
Very respectfully,
RALPH S. HOSMER,
Superintendent of Forestry.
Mr.. Hosmer anpounced that the sup
ply of Ceara Rubber Seed on sale at
the Nursery was exhausted and that
no more orders can be filled until an
other crop of seed is borne.
CHRONOLOGICAL REPORT.
Superintendent Craw of the Division
of Entomology submitted the following
report, which was accepted and placed
on file:
June 20. 1905.
Commissioners of Agriculture and For
estry, Honolulu, T. H.
Gentlemen: Nothing special in the
. plant importation line occurred the
past week with the exception Of two
small packages of semi-tropic plants
l, from Florida upon which we found a
3 few scale insects Pulvinaria and Le-
canium. I detained the plants for
fumigation, which was done much to
the Indignation of the owner, as he
said that he had letter from the
Florida nurseryman informing him
J. that the plants were absolutely free
r from insect pests: We offered to again
: open the packages and show him, but
he evidently preferred to take the
= statement of the nurseryman that had
: sold him the trees. The plants were
: fumigated. He impaired the startling
: information, that he had already taker
s action to prevent me in future from
y interfering with his plants. He evi.
IDENTIFY did not think that the fumiga.
t ton and destruction of the pests was
r as much for his own benefit as 1t wa.
8 for the other owners of trees ant
4 plants We have sent out a few colo
e MES of beneficial insects.
Il wrote to the Hon. James Wilson
: Secretary of Agriculture, giving him I
: full account of the recent introduction
y of venomous snakes into Honolulu ant
Y. the disposition of the same.
J. I stated that you had passed reso
is lutions requesting him to prohibit tn
y Introduction of living snakes of al
d kinds. ! suggested that he also ex
IT clude alligators, crocodiles and othe
dangerous reptiles. At the same tim
st I wrote to DIR. T. S. Palmer, Chief o
l. Animal Introduction permits, urginI
,e him to assist in having such regula
n tons passed. In connection with m
lie duties of horticultural quarantine of
n f1cer in San Francisco, 1 also serve
er under DIR. Palmer as one of the tw
s. special inspectors of foreign wild am
mails at the port of San Francisco.
OF have a personal acquaintance wit
IS both Mr.. Wilson and DR.. Palmer an
lie hope that they will extend to Hawa
Id your appeal for protection from sue
B. undesirable animals.
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