The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-06-08
WILL ASK FOR MONEY
FOR PROMOTION WORK

put me in touch with parties from
whom we will probably be able to OBJ
tain a very interesting rice exhibit.
l might say also that Mr.. w. w. Hall
has requested the manager of the Rub
Der Plantation in which he is interest
ed, to pot one each of three different
kinds of rubber trees for us which will
be sent down as soon as possible. They
will also arrange to forward us at the
same time samples of rubber from
their older trees
ROBINSoN'S REPORT.
BY the outgoing mail we are send
ing copies of Mr.. Charles Milford Rob
inson's report to the editors OF the
leading magazines and Sunday papers
throughout the United States with u
brief note alluding to the same and
speaking of the work of our Central
Improvement Association.
The Daily National Hotel Reporter
of Chicago now comes to hand regu-
larly. Each number devotes a column
to new hotel enterprises, changing of
management, etc, which gives us ar
opportunity to send out circular let
ter offering to distribute folders and at
the same time giving them briefly in
formation about Hawaii that will tend
to interest them in our islands.
The successor to Mr.. Ashley of the
United States Weather Bureau Station,
Mr. VIM. b. Stoo<man, arrived by the
last Maheno. and as a result of his
assignment to this station We may hope
for extended and interesting write-ups
of our climatic conditions which event
ually will appear in very exhaustive
report.
The matter of establishing a Wealth
err Bureau Station on the top of Maui
ma Kea has been mentioned. Would 1t
not be in our province to recommend
to the Agricultural Department of
which the Weather Service is bureau
that this be done?
My attention has also been called to
the possibilities of improvement of
Quarantine Island. While no park
could be created there that would be
opened to the general public, If the is
land were fringed with cocoanut trees
it would prove to be a very attractive
sight to all travellers visiting this port
as they come into the harbor. l am
told that DR.. Cofer is deeply interested
in doing all that he can to improve the
island, but is hampered by the lack of
an abundant supply of fresh water.
Would 1t not be good policy for the
Territorial Government to sink an arte-
sian well on the property and could
we not as committee make such
recommendation?
A MATTER OF MONEY.
Another matter l would like to bring
To your attention at this time is the
question of securing financial assist
ance from the Legislature when 1t next
meets. The work of the committee is
not for Honolulu and oahu alone but
for all the islands and the only oppor-
tunity that tax payers generally might
have ia participate in the support of
the work would be from "A very small
addition to the taxes that might be
levied in the event of the Legislature
making an appropriation for the use of
the Hawaii Promotion Committee.
The government of New Zealand ex-
pended during the year lending March
3lst, 1905. the sum of 2272l pounds
sterling in this line of work and the re-
port of the minister expresses great
satisfaction over the returns.
We have four lines of work that
should be assisted by the Territory
pamphlets general advertising, eXhib-
its and agents. While we are grad
ually working up an interesting ex-
hibit we are not making the progress
we should on account of the want of
funds. There should be IA general ex-
hibit of the products of the country in
our rooms here, also smaller exhibits
at Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Chi
cago New York, Boston and Vancou-
yer. These exhibits should include as
well some large photographs OF our
most attractive scenery. One thousand
dollars could be spent with profit on
this feature alone. With this assistance
provision could be made for special ex-
nibits at different places at different
times. / sincerely believe that the Ter
ritory could well afford to appropriate
$4,000 for the biennial period payable
to the order of the Committees Treas
urer in monthly instruments OF $4,000
each.
Respectfully submitted.
II. p. WOOD,