The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-13
BUREAU REPORTS
SOME GOOD WORK
Forester Has Orders In for Over
Two Hundred Thousand Trees
for Reiorestation.

The bonrd Of agriculture and fores.
Try met Monday aad monthly reports
we're submitted by Forester Hosmer,
Entomologist Ehrhorn and Forest Nur.
seryman Haughs. Doctor Norgaard =
report is delayed.
Chairman Judd reported that rule
nine had now been amended to permit
Of taro being forwarded to Hilo in spe-
cial instances. II was explained that
so far Hilo had been the only place to
which tarp had been sought to be
shipped from Honolulu. The board g
officers would have 20 be satisfied with
regard to the necessity for shipping
the taro before permission would be
granted
Forester Hosmer's Report.
Forester Hosmer gave an interesting
report of his visit to Hawaii during
last August. In September, he said,
33,3s9 plants had been distributed, of
this number 26,S50 had been sold in
boxes, $50 transplanted in boxes and
given away gratis and 400 sold, while
Z Ou- pol-kIoWu plAhNo hau bNSh baNSh
away and 4S7 sold.
50 For the next three or four
montns,' concludes the report, "our
principal work will be the raising and
sending out of trees. We have at pres
ent on file orders for 10000 forest
trees to be delivered within the next
few months. This amount added to our
regular distribution, which consists of
n l, . Inwa. .,,1
Others who are not required to notify
us in advance, will keep us busy. The
majority of the trees ordered is for
seedlings in seed boxes, few thou
sands, however, are wanted transplant
ed and ready to set out"
The chronological Report.
, Entomologist Ehrhorn in his report
stated that during his absence on the
Coast, d. b. Kuhns, the inspector
of the division, performed the du-
ties required of him with great
satisfaction. In August thirty yes.
sells had been boarded and fruit and
, vegetables had been found on seven
teen of them. After careful inspection
4 of the various shipments, the following
: results were obtained: 776 lots and
= 1928 parcels passed as free from
= pests; seventeen lots and seventeen
:, parcels had been burned and three loti
:, and four parcels had been fumigated
/ The total lots and parcels inspected
q had been 796 and 12,304, respectively
>. During August 81 ,067 bags of rice ha,
- been received, all of which were fre
from pests
A large consignment of corn frot
hal ,tnfa Na1 Nth svrat
=, weevil This had been fumigateC
y Some ferns from California were foun
~ to be infested with scale and had to
a. q. fumigated. Infected fruit from Japa
ar and Fiji had been received, but as thi
- is prohibited it was destroyed.
In September thirty-two vessels wer
boarded and fruit, vegetables an
plants were found on twenty-one o
!, them. OF this number 1853 lots an
W POI parcels were passed as fre
from pests. nineteen lots and ninetee
- parcels were burned and seven lots an
~ nine parcels were fumigated, maxim
'e 1919 lots and 81 ,230 parcels inspected
3 All the rice, amounting to 22.49
u; , bags, had been passed as free froi
~ y pests. Many other products had bee
~ " found infested with pests and wer
es fumigated and burned.
Private Afforestation.
Forester Hosmer in report date
October gives an account of his tri
to Maui. According to this everythin
is proceeding WELL and he expects SOC
T to submit some plans for the plantin
of forests on that island. These ma
tiers were discussed with Governt
Frear by Mr.. Hosmer on the island, an
have already been published.
Commendable Forestry.
AT Mr.. Hosmer has some interesting r
p. marks to make regarding the efforts
of afrorestation by the Waianae Plant
m ton Company, within the boundari
-. of the Waianae Forest reserve. I
"e says: "Since 1906 the Waianae col
ed pany has, under the general directi'
of this division, but at its own g
,lu pense, planted in that forest reser'
~, about 10000 trees. This little fore
=. is growing excellently and in sho
'ne time now will make marked difft
me enee in the appearance of the vale
ne Being the first ease of a private &c
laI poration voluntarily to engage in fore
leu planting IN government forest
au serve, the work of the Waianae 60
the pany deserves special commendatiC
ioF, The trees planted are eucalyptus, 81
MT oak, and Monterey cypress. In Il
Mr.. connection. too, note is to be made
tee the rapid spread of the algaroba in I
upper part of Waianae Valley duri
the last five years, since the creation
the forest reserve