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CHANGE OF DISTRICT. 



Notice is hereby given that F. WEBER, Esq., is now District Forester 

 and District Fire Warden for that portion of the District of Puna, Island 

 of Kauai, south of and incUiding the land of Wailua, excepting the lands 

 controlled by the Grove Farm Plantation. 



C S. HOLLOWAY, 

 Secretary and Executive Officer, 

 Board of Agriculture and Forestry. 

 Honolulu, Dec. 26, 1906. 



Notice is hereby given that C. J. AUSTIN, Esq.. has been appointed 

 District Forester for the District of Hana, Island of Maui. 



C. S. HOLLOWAY, 



Secretary and Executive Officer, 

 Board of Agriculture and Forestry. 

 Honolulu, Dec. 26, 1906. 



PERSONALIA. 



Mr. C. J. Atistin, inspector's assistant in the Division of 

 Entomology of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry, re- 

 signed his position on November 15, 1906, to become manager 

 of the Hawaiian American Rubber Company's plantation at 

 Nahiku, Maui. 



Mr. Austin's connection with the Territorial Bureau of Agri- 

 culture goes back a number of years. From January i, igoi, 

 to June 30, 1903, he held the position of gardener and was in 

 charge of the government nursery. With the reorganization of 

 the department by the creation of the present Board of Com- 

 missioners of Agriculture and Forestry on July i, 1903, ^^r. 

 Austin was assigned to the Division of Entomology. As his 

 title indicates his work since then has been primarily on the 

 wharves, inspecting the consignments of fruits, plants and 

 vegetables coming into the port of Honolulu. 



Always an ardent believer in diversified agriculture Mr. Aus- 

 tin has for some time taken an active interest in rubber. He 

 is well prepared for the work ahead of him and he goes to his 

 new field with enthusiasm. 



