The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-02
QUEEN BEES AND
HORSE CHAMBERS
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| and that the lives of these trees be
maintained for the entire period of the
lease, so that at its termination there
Wall be 100000 growing trees in addi-
ktion TO those now existing. Should
any of the trees fail to thrive. addi-
tionaI trees to be planted to meet the
required number of 100000 to be grow
ing at the expiration of the lease.
"(c) That the general plan of plant
ing and fencing the proposed groves
| be subject to the approval, and forced
under the direction, of the Board of
| Agriculture and Forestry.
'(d) That a good and sufficient bond
be required of the lessee to insure the
fulfilment of these conditions of the
/ lease.
In reference to the application of
Mr.. J. B. Castle for license to cut
lumber in the forests on the govern
ment land in the districts of Kona and
| Kau, your committee recommends that
| the board oppose any such general Ii
| cense to cut lumber in an entire dis
| trict, but that the board should give
consideration to any proposal submit
| ted for the numbering of any .specif-
| icaily-described government forest
lands.
your committee recommends that
the board direct its executive officer
to communicate with Mr.. Charles
Judd, now in the Federal forest SER
vice on the mainland, and ascertain If
he is available as a representative of
this board for service in the Philip
pines as student of tropical forestry
under the direction of the Forest De-
partment of the Philippines"
Commissioner, Giffard called special
attention to the report of the acting
entomologist, Jacob Kotinsky, of the
inspection of plants and fruit imported
into the islands. The report is as fol-
lows:
"The twenty-six vessels that reached
this port during the month from outside
the Territory brought total of 1902 |
parcels of which SO came in the mails, |
7701 as freight, and II as passengers
baggage. They were all inspected in
the usual manner.
cit may interest the Board to know |
in this connection that we take the |
precaution of fumigating with hydro /
cyanic acid gas all plants from Califor- |
MIA, especially those sent with leaves
on, in order to prevent the introduction
of the white fly that has recently been
found established in that state, and
which is terrible pest of citrus AMI
other plants in Florida. Also, all plants
arriving from the Orient because of
our comparative ignorance of the Geo.
nomic insect fauna of that quarter of
the globe, are invariably subjected to
the cyanide fumes.
fEOr1r faffap3inn hoe hoon of4roo4aJ |
by the large quantity of worm-eaten,
scabby potatoes reaching this port. On
previous occasions we were compelled
to order potatoes returned because of
the abundance of scab and evidence
of insect work upon them. Recently
we submitted sample of scabby po-
tato to a plant pathologist who identi-
fed the seab definitely with that dread
disease of potatoes in the United States,
scab, and expressed himself unable to
state whether the scab here would con-
fine itself to potatoes. This tuber has
since been receiving very careful seru-
tiny from us. The matter has also been
to your committee on ento-
mology for advice and instruction.
''In addition to the work of inspec-
ton the division force was kept busy
with the office routine and care of Mr..
Koebele recent shipment of bene-
fetal insects. One of them, AHA, d
adybird and voracious eater of scale
bugs known as Lecaniids promises to
locate here. From eggs laid in jars
upon Lecaniid infested twigs a large
number of the ladybirds are approach
ng maturity
Superintendent of Forestry Ralph S.
Hosmer reported that since the last
Meeting he had been engaged in Office
work in connection with proposed for
EST reserves.
The Board will have another meet
ng next Wednesday at which a num-
Der of important matters connected
With the Division of Animal Industry
will be considered.
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