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under a plan of increasing it until it reaches $50,000 as the annual 

 subsidy for each of such institutions. He further stated that the 

 station entomologist, Mr. Van Dine, would leave for Washing- 

 ton this week to confer with the department officials on the honey 

 standard. They expected him to bring back some Cyprian and 

 Carniolan queen bees. It was hoped he might attend the Na- 

 tional Anti-Mosquito Association meeting in New York. 



Mr. Smith referred to Dr. Norgaard's' investigations in search 

 of the sheep pest (the screw worm) and the cattle pest (the horn 

 fly), but Mr. Gififard, as chairman of the entomology committee, 

 will report fully on this matter later. It may be mentioned, how- 

 ever, that a parasite to destroy the horn fly, imported by Prof. 

 Koebele in 1898, seems to be doing its work well. 



The Federal station was continuing rubber experiments. Those 

 in tobacco culture were exhausted, but Mr. Smith had some bales 

 of merchantable leaf tobacco on hand besides samples sent to New 

 York. 



Mr. Carter stated that about 700 fruit trees had been planted on 

 the Island of Hawaii, and Mr. Higgins had been sent from the 

 Federal station to superintendent the cultivation. The list com- 

 prised, among other trees, apples, peaches, pears, apricots and 

 plums. 



Mr. Alexander Craw, Supermtendcnt of Entomology, reported 

 on the examination of mail matter and freight for the detection 

 of insect pests. 



With the passing of some minor expense bills the routine busi- 

 ness was finished and the meeting adjourned. 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 



DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 

 ROUTIXE REPORTS. 



At the meeting of the Board held on April 3, 1907, the following 

 routine reports of the Division of Forestry were read, accepted 

 and ordered placed on file : 



November 28, 1906. 

 Board of Commissioners of 



Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu. 



Gentlemen: I beg to submit the following report covering 

 the routine work of the Division of Forestry from October 31 to 

 date : 



During this period I have been in the office in Honolulu, en- 

 gaged with the preparation of reports and other details in con- 



