Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-09
FARMER BOARD
MEETS A SNAG
Castles Application For
Forest Lease Is
Ambiguous

A letter read at the meeting of the
Board of Agriculture and Forestry
yesterday created considerable stir
among the members, not only on ac.
count of what the letter contains, but
also because of the way It was word.
cd. The letter was written by James
u. Castle, and was referred to the
Board by Land Commissioner Pratt.
Chairman Holloway read the letter
aloud, only stopping now and then TO
indulge in chuckle all by himself,
and when he had finished. the rest of
the Board members gazcd at each
other expressivcly.
what does 1t mcan?" asked one,
and again blank looks were exchanged
around the table. The maze of figures
and questions of profit and loss had
come upon them so suddenly that
they were utterly at loss for words
or thoughts.
Chairman Holloway, who recovered
first, saw the condition Of affairs. and
advised the board to turn the letter
which seemed to have something "a
do with trees, etc, over to Forestry
Superintendent Hosmer, and his sug
gestion was acted on. But Mr.. Hos
mer did not quite understand the
duties which had been foisted on him
and another half hour was well.spent
in explaining. But not a word as tC
the contents Of the lcttc".
The text of the matter IL that
]. II. Castle wants lease of the gov
eminent forest lands on Kona and
Kau, and as a royalty offers to pay
from the land, guaranteeing that II
shall not be computed on smaller re
turns than those derived from Ger
tain fixed price for koa lumber, koa
irewood, and ohia lumber and posts
Continuing, the letter says that Mr.
Castle, If given the lease, will have a
railroad through the district started
In two years, finished to Kona In four
years, and completed in six years. No.
tice was called to the fact that rail-
roads are the greatest developers of
the age. Mr.. Castle ended up the
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the government as well as himself.
"'anoereo 0orees
peIa"'o man i'o"i AuS'' ana
.i"'''''"s W oe veterinarian ou' nav,
i"s no i''"so hoi 'eruhoa'e' ia"
'aiieu W ioport CASE vi s'ahue'
"h''h nc h'u uis'o'eIeu' II wan 'h'
oenae Vi 'no no","' ai'e' 'ho i'ia''e'
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'epor' oaSeS VI tne uiSeaSe' ~ was
'no"n 'h"' 'io o'ie''',s vi ,pe 'i''
WIZ eon'e"i 'ho uisease 'loin INC eyes
Vi inc inspector, II poSsip'e, anu 'rS
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wy '"nine ei"h'e'e' animal " 'i'
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ZINES oS 'aPaneSe anu o"e'ou iioii'
$40 W s-o Ior ''' nu'"e' .-,
a,,aa oond,,,,r, Ia oho,na n,hcra
he has recently visited TO be due from
uncertain causes. though some cases
point TO cerebrospinal meningitis. DIR.
Fitzgerald's report concerning the dis.
,rict I'm the region of Waipo and Wal.
manu- gulches was heard. The com.
mittee on Animal Industry WAS given
mower to send the veterinarian to an,
other island without session of the
BOARD. Forester Hosmer submitted a
report of the work that had been done
IN his department since the last meet
ing of the BOARD.
Land Commissioner Pratt wrote To
inform the Board that there was q
.reat deal of trespassing of govern
ment land in the forest reserve OF
Waimanu. Hawaii, A letter from Gif
lord pInchot. head of the Federal for
cgtry service. was read. Il explained
how the appllcation for $4,000 ap
propriation for forestry service In Ha
wall had not been granted.
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