Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-03-18

propagated very easily and when once
established can take care of itself
Not only will it pay corporations to
assist its spread; it will bring them
a large return on the comparatively
small amount of money that needs
to be invested to help this tree get
started.
Another line of work of the Div
ision of Forestry is the introduction
OF trees new to the Territory. What
we need in Hawaii is trees that will
take care of themselves and spread
naturally. The introduction work is
the only systematic way of getting
such species here and establishing
them. In its experimental garden at
Maikiki the Division of Forestry is
now growing many valuable trees
and shrubs new to this Territory.
Later those found to be most desir-
| able will be propagated and distribut-
ed.
Two special lines of investigation
carried on by the Division of Forestry
during the past two years are study
of the planted forests of eucalyptus
and the botanical survey of the Ter
ritory, now being made by the Botan-
ical Assistant of the Division of For
estry, Mr.. j. f. Rock. Many valuable
specimens of native Hawaiian plants
have been secured and a great deal
of data compiled which will be of
value to the Territory in many ways
Mr.. Rocks work includes the study
of the plants found on the ranches,
both weeds and beneficial specimens.
In due time the information got to-
gether will be made public in such |
form that 1t can be ready used by |
the general public.
"One of the pressing needs or the |
Board is for more money for the pub
LEGATION of bulletins giving the results
of Investigations carried on by it's sew
eral divisions. The manuscript of
four such reports now lies in the
safe because of the lack of funds, and
all are bulletins that when published
will be of direct, practical assistance
to the people of the Territory. This 4
is a side of the work of this Board
that ought surely to be provided for
better in the future.
"Of the needs of the Division of
Forestry in general for the future,
the special demand is for sufficient
money adequately to protect the ma
tive forest in existing forest reserves
through the fencing of forest reserve
the protection of the for
est from trespass by meaps of forest
rangers, and q special fund for fight
Ing forest fire, should that need I'M
arise. Next, provision
ought to be made for the extension of
forest planting by the Government in |
open places in the forest reserves
and on other government land which
ought to be brought under forest COW
or. 1t is the established policy of the
for the distribution of trees
On each of the main islands. Pro-
Vision should be made for this work
md also for the introduction and
rial of plants and shrubs new to the '
and for the continuation of G
he Investigations of the botanist, in Il
,luding the care of the material col q
ected by him in an enlarged Herbar- n
UNI.
Division of Entomology.
nf tha nf Nh, r.
nology consists in the control of the IL
of insects into the Ter II
tory and the devising and applica-
ion of methods to check the spread
nd reduce the damage done by in II
urious insects already established u
ere.
Mr. Albert Koebele still holds the n
position of Consulting Entomologist u
nd has been absent from the Terri a
DRY, collecting, during the period el
overed by the report. He has been d
n Europe, where he has been study ft
ng the Hornf1y and it's parasites in W
S would prove beneficial to the ISL al
nds in checking this terrible pest of IL
ur cattle al
I'm 1909 1863 vessels were boarded, fo
bout half of which carried vegetable III
latter, On an average 58S lots and pi
1858 parcels were inspected last m
lonth The strict inspection of pota- d.
)es and the return to California of a o'
lrge number of sacks of potatoes W
ifected with potato scab has had q 81
ecided influence in lettering the W
rade now received. la
During 1910 the greater part of the OF
ork of the Division consisted in in So
Dection. The inspection list shows to
bout 1874 per cent increase in pack er
ges and 421s per cent increase in al
iferent marks or lots received The tn
,tal number of packages inspected in 10
40 was 210,05S, of which number tn
,me APT packages were destroyed on va
count of pests or diseases, or pro- til
bition of entry into the Territory an
mother lot of snakes was condemned
Id killed The longest measured It'll
ct, They were brought here for ex- lo
bition, but under the law could not an
, admitted. of
THE appearance of new pest, the an
Fruit Fly, has caused fir,
e passage of new regulation which bu