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FOREST FIRES. 



As a result of the action taken by the Board at a meeting 

 held on October 3rd, I have been informed by the secretary 

 of the Country Club that the expenses of the men ordered out 

 for fire fighting on the Country Club property will be borne by 

 that organization. 



MEETINGS. 



During the month the Library room of the Board has been 

 used by the following organizations : 



Hawaiian Entomological Society, Oct 4th. 

 Hawaiian Poultry Association, Oct. 3rd and 9th. 

 Honolulu Improvement Advisory Board, Oct. 15th. 



Very respectfully, 



RALPH S. HOSMER, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



THE POLICY OF THE BOARD IN REGARD TO 

 LUMBERING. 



The interest now being taken in the koa lumber industry on 

 the Island of Hawaii, where two companies have begun w^ork in 

 the woods, makes important the attitude of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture and Forestry in regard to this phase of the lorest question. 

 In the following reports read and approved at the meeting of 

 the Board held on Oct. 3, 1906, may be found an expression of 

 the Board's policy in this matter, with an outline of the restrictions 

 which will be placed on logging in any work with which the 

 Board has to do. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY. 



Honolulu, T. H., Oct. 3, 1906. 

 Board of Agriculture and Forestry, 



City. 

 Gentlemen : 



Your Committee on Forestry have considered the report of the 

 Superintendent of Forestry, R. S. Hosmer, of even date here- 



