The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-04
FORESTRY BOARD
HELD A MEETING
TRANSACTED A LARGE AMOUNT
OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY-FOR-
ESTER HOSMER'S REPORT.

owing to there not being a full at
tendance of the board Of forestry and
agriculture yesterday afternoon, there
was no election of a president to sue
coed Z. A. Thurston who had resigned
from that position. A resolution, ex-
pressive of the high regard in which
Mr. Thurston and his work on the board
were held, was unanimously passed.
Forester Hosmer submitted reports
of the routine work of the Division of
Forestry covering a period from Octo-
Der 81, 1906 to April 3. His report was
of considerable length and was inter-
esting. He told of the signing of of
the agreement whereby Alexander and
Baldwin turned over to the department
as a forest reserve $1,000 acres of land
at Koolau, Maui which had been un-
der lease to them. The library has
been increased by the addition of many
valuable works During the last two
months of 1906 the large quantity of
vegetable and flower seeds sent by De-
legate Kalanianaole had been distribut-
ed to schools maintaining gardens and
to persons applying for seeds.
Continuing the report said: "Since the
beginning of the session of the present
Legislature several acts have been
passed, that more or less directly ar
feet this board. Among these may be
mentioned Act to amend Chapter %
of the Revised laws so that forest land
belonging to the government may be
set apart as forest reserves, whether
under lease or not This is a law for
which the board has been working for
some time. The Emergency appropria-
ton bill containing an item of $500
for the use of this board during the re-
mainder of the present fiscal period.
The other bills which less directly in
| terest the board abe those providing
for the remission of taxes on certain of
the diversified industries and that
creating an agricultural college.
ION February a special warning
notice for period of twelve months
was issued for the Tantalus section
and on March 10 a similar notice for
six months period was issued for
the upper part of the Waialua district
back of Wahiawa. am glad to say
that no forest fires have been reported
this winter"
The resignation of Byron o. Clark
as fire warden at Wahiawa, was re-
ported by Mr.. Hosmer. A. M. Novel;
was recommended as his successor.
This was approved. George c. Watt
was appointed to a similar position for
North Kohala, due to the resignation Of
r. S. Kay Watt was confirmed.
Charles L. Judd of Yale forestry
college, had sent a report of work dona
by him at Lihue last year and this To-.
port was read by Mr. Hosmer 1t was
a fine report,
A letter from George C. Munro Of
fering to contribute an article on for
age. plants of Molokai was read.
Munro was referred to the editor Of
the Agiculturalist
DIR. Fitzgerald reported on the
slaughter Of ten horses which had had
CHAMBERS at Monili The doctor also
spoke of NANCY dogs
Jared Smith told Of the Federal ~
crease Of 100000 for agricultural col
loges This viii be ultimately increas-
ed TO $4,000
He said that D. l., Van Dine onto-
mologist for tho n. S Experiment sta
zion would leave This week for WASH
ington 20 confer with tho authorities re-
latiye 10 the honey standard n was
hoped he would bring home some cy-