The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-16
CHOOSING NEW
ENTOMOLOG|ST
Successor to CraW Debated
Over in Executive
Session.


culture and Forestry located the prev
alent Honolulu bug yesterday, the
Coleoptera executive session., which was
Immediately added to the government
collection and the two press represen-
tatives at the board meeting were re-
moved and classified as unfriendly para
considered executively, the question of
selecting a successor to the late Terri
torial Entomologist, Alexander Craw,
and the question of voting a vacation
and $500 to the Territorial Veterina-
rian, Dr. Norgaard, in order that he
might attend the tuberculosis Congress
to be held in Washington early in Sep
TENDER. The holding of discussions in
secrecy is new departure for the
Board of Agriculture and Forestry, but
the ice was successfully broken yester-
day.
| No action concerning the choice of
new entomologist has been reported,
| but it was decided that DIR. Norgaard
| be granted two months leave of alb
sence and that his travelling expenses
| to Washington and return be met by
the board.
| A number of interesting reports and
discussion on the establishing of de-
tention corrals for imported stock was
had during the public end of the meet
ing, at which were present C. s. Ho1lo-
| way, D. P. r. Isenberg, W. NJ Giffard
and George r. Carter, members of the
board, and Forester Hosmer and En-
tomologist Kotinsky.
Mr.. Isenberg presented the members
with number of mangoes, brought by
him from Kauai, some of choice varie.
ties and other of the common species
but of magnificent size and free from
blight. These he exhibited to show
what fertilization would do for the
ordinary mango tree in the improve
ment of its fruit.
Mr.. Kotinsky reported on the work
of his department for June, during
which time 6641 packages of fruits
and plants came in on thirty-one YES
sells. Of these the contents in fifty-tw |
packages had to be fumigated or de. |
stroyed.
'+Aae of the trying tasks of the in
speetor,' says the report, sis the re-
naval of coil FROM, a hart +bo roo4c ,,f /
plants. 1t cannot be said that the OPP
Grafton is beneficial to the plant, but
for the protection of the Territory
from injurious, soil-inhabiting insects,
like our pernicious japanese beetle, we
are Obliged to remove the soil; when
ever possible we replace it with damp
sphagnum moss. Plant importers win
save themselves the loss of cherished
plants by arranging with their nur-
sery or dollhouse firms to remove the
soil and wrap the roots in sphagnum
moss at the point of Shipment" II
Following up the recommendations
of the Territorial Veterinarian at a
previous meeting, it was determined to
detention eorraIs for import
ed stock at Honolulu and at Hilo. In
these the animals brought in from
abroad will be detained until it is
known definitely that they are not in
fected with any contagious disease.
The Honolulu corral will be on Ward
avenue, and will be an acre in extent
At Hilo a corral of the same size will
oe established, while later on another
me will be established at Kahului. 1t
vas estimated yesterday that to fence
n these paddocks properly and divide
hem into different sections will cost
$500, to provide which funds would
AVE to be transferred from one branch
f the bureau to the animal industry
ranch. This is left to the finance
committee to figure on.
BY vote it was resolved to retain the
ervices of Dr. Fitzgerald as assistant
sarrifaria1 Veterinarian dnr.r~ %b:e |