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ing the establishment of a pineapple cannery there. It is 

 thought that the new industry will help to make the condition 

 of local labor market more constant. 



This number of our paper completes Volume III, and we 

 take the opportunity to thank those of our contributors who 

 have assisted us so generously throughout the year. Air. Ralph 

 Hosmer has again placed the Forester under an obligation, by 

 his continued interest in its welfare, throughout the year. The 

 officers of the Hawaii Experiment Station, the Bureau of For- 

 estry, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, together with 

 many writers in the islands and on the mainland, have also 

 done much to render the publication of practical utility. Mr. 

 Jacob Kotinsky has for the latter part of the year contributed 

 a regular series of valuable entomological papers and together 

 Mr. Alexander Craw^ kept our readers informed of the inter- 

 esting work of his department. 



Owing to the inclusion in this number of a quantity of official 

 matter the account of the recent Poultry and Agricultural Ex- 

 hibit will not appear until next month. 



A title page, index and table of contents to Volume III wiU 

 be issued with the January number. 



BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE AND 



FORESTRY. 



Second Annual Report. 



The second annual report of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Forestry has recently been published, and furnishes in an in- 

 teresting and comprehensive manner an account of the work of 

 the Board during the year 1905. The publication commences 

 with a record of the new legislation enacted relating to for- 

 estry matters and also with the regulations adopted by the 

 Board to facilitate the administration of its work. 



During the year eight different publications have been is- 

 sued by the Board, three by the Division of Forestry, two by 



