The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-04
VAN DINE GOES
To WASHINGTON
Board of Agriculture Receives
a Varied Lot of Reports
of Work.

Il At a meeting Of the Board Of Agri-
culture and Forestry. held yesterday
afternoon, the election Of a president
/ in place of L. A. Thurston, resigned.
was deferred TO a full meeting if one
can be had IN the near future. Paul
r Isenberg was absent on Kauai and
L C. Kellogg on the Coast and neither
of them had yet qualified
| Commissioners present were ". NJ.
Ginard, presiding; c. s. Holloway, Sec
| rotary; A. W. Carter and Gerrit P.
| Wilder. r. s. Hosmer, superintend-
ent of forestry, Jared G. Smith, direc-
tor of Z. S. Experiment Station; Alex
ander Craw, superintendent Of ento-
mology: Jacob Kotinsky, assistant en-
tomologist; and DR.. J. c. Fitzgerald.
assistant veterinarian, were in attend
ance.
Mr.. Gifard, at the close of ordinary
business, expressed regret for the resig-
nation OF Mr. Thurston from the board
of which he had been president, and
suggested the desira bility of eIecting
successor as head OF the board.
Messrs. Carter and Wilder, in the talk
that ensued. were in FAVOR Of waiting
until the two new members, Messrs.
Isenberg and kellogg, Were present.
This counsel prevailed.
Mr.. Carter, IN the meantime, made
motion substantially III these words:
! wish TO record my appreciation OF
MIR Thurston as a member and the
president of this board He Fad
great deal TO do with the organization
OF the board. in fact helped TO draft
the bill creating it, It should be
recognized that he is the man who has
brought about and accomplished things.
He has made the work of the rest OF
the members easy because of the
amount Of the work and the quality of
the work he has performed. / move
the secretary be instructed to write 10
Mr.. Thurston a letter OF appreciation
| Of his services"
The motion carried unanimously.
FORESTRY REPORTS
Mr.. Hosmer submitted reports OF the
routine work of the Division of Fores-
try, respectively, from Oct 81 TO Nov.
q. from Nov. IS to Dec 8 and from
Dec. s TO April 8.
A variety Of office work occupied his
time in the first period, besides which
on Arbor Day he spoke TO the pupils OF
the Honolulu High School on Forestry
in the United States and on Nov q
read a report before the Hawaiian
Sugar Planters Association
On Arbor Day total of $3.50 plants
were furnished free TO the schools. as
against 1854 for 1906. the Department
Of Public instruction paying the
freight.
Mr.. Hosmer tells of the wide. distri-
button in November of the Annual Re
port for 1905. also or the issuance OF
press bulletin No. 1, Instructions for
Propagating and Planting Forest
Trees" by David Haughs, 1000 copies.
Important acquisitions of botanical
and chronological books had been made
by the library. During the month the
library room had been used for meet
fngs by the Hawaiian chronological
Society, the Poultry Association and
the Palolo Improvement Club.
--On November H. Mr.. Hosmer says,
the final papers were signed in the
agreement whereby Messrs. Alexander
& Baldwin turn over TO the manage
msnt OF the Board Of Agriculture and
Forestry the area of privately owned
<rr4
on Maui This. with the government
land IN the reserve. under lease 10 Al
exander & Baldwin, approximates -
600 acres. The contamination Of this /
transfer | believe to be one of the most /
important steps that has yet been TAX /
en- in the forest movement in Hawaii /
in thar it marks the real beginning OF (
a closer cooperat- on or forest owners /
with the government in the systematic +
ma cement Of their forest properties,
During the second period, the first
week in December. Mr.. Hosmer had
been working on next annual report,
besides which he visited Honolulu,
Oahu. in company with H NJ Won Holt
Of the Q. r. & L. Co ranch, and Olar
Sorenson of the Survey office, TO de-
ternine the location Of a portion of the
Oh iZAC p4oE0SEtA -S4
serve on that land. Mr.. Haughs had
visited the land Of Waipio. Oahu, to
draw up planting plan 70 be follow
I'd by the Ii Estate in planting a por-
lion Of that land The library room
vas used November SO for meeting Of
he Honolulu Improvement Advisory
Board.
Of the third and longest period, from
Dec s TO April 3, Mr.. Hosmer's report
: as follows:
During the greater part Of this Pc
-iod the staff Of the Division Of For
.stry has been occupied with routine
work Of various kinds. During the
month of December, both Mr.. Haughs
md l were busy with the compilation
nd preparation OF the annual report
The report was finally issued Feb
,uary IS, when about Zoo copies were
eceived from the printer and distrib- {
lted 10 the members of the Iegisla-
ure, Territorial officials and persons }
connected in one way or another with ,
he board. The full edition Of the
main report consists Of $500 copies.
There have also been printed separates :