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and be instrumental in inculcating habits of business and 

 frugality, among a class of people whose position is gradually 

 becoming one of more and more dependence on the com- 

 munity. 



The activity in opening up new land for home building in 

 Manoa Valley is instrumental in attracting attention to the 

 desirability of building another outlet from the valley in the 

 direction of Moiliili. Kalihi valley has lately been made some- 

 what more accessible by additional road construction, and a 

 loop roadway is well on toward completion in Pawaa. The 

 opening of these roads will do much to add to the attractive 

 drives around Honolulu and will assist in distributing the 

 heavy loads of bananas and taro from the valleys, which at pres- 

 ent are confined to only one or two outlets. 



Enquiries have recently been received from the mainland 

 for the shipment of Hawaiian peanuts. The cultivation of the 

 peanut is simple, and possibly worth attention, although in 

 view of the large area already in cultivation in other countries, 

 there appear to be many crops equally suitable to the islands 

 and of a more promising nature, Avhich merit first attention. 



We publish this month, in response to a request of the Super- 

 intendent of Forestry, a somewhat lengthy and technical docu- 

 ment relative to the recent important land transactions on 

 Maui. Although not interesting to the general reader, it is im- 

 portant as a matter of record and as affording an index to 

 future similar cooperative transactions. 



In a recent letter in the Pacific Advertiser Air. W. Hannestad 

 advocates large appropriations for forest planting and urges that 

 all moneys spent on forestry are amply repaid in the future bene- 

 fits which accrue. ]\Ir. Hannestad is now stationed at Kailiili, 

 Maui, and was formerly engaged in forestry in Norway for 

 eleven vears. 



The McBryde Sugar Plantation is reported to be encourag- 

 ing the growing of pineapples on Kauai and to be contemplat- 



