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the experience of the other, is sure to help each and every one 

 who is interested in rubber growing. 



A GOOD START. 



'1 beheve that the main hope of this Territory is in the estab- 

 Hshment of other industries than that of sugar. The rubber 

 growing work has received a good start, and it should go ahead, 

 and will before we know it reach proportions which will make it 

 not only of great importance to the Territory, but also to the 

 entire United States." 



The meeting was closed with a standing vote of thanks to the 

 members of the association who had spoken during the day, and 

 in particular to the ladies who had entertained the excursionists 

 so generously and had been so careful in looking after their com- 

 fort. 



LOCAL NOTES. 



The report is once again brought of a large find of ambergris 

 occurring in Hawaiian waters. The value of this marine product 

 is very great and a block of several pounds would be a most 

 fortunate discovery. Unfortunately, hov/ever, all of the ''am- 

 bergris" which we have seen in the last few years, and which has 

 been displayed with great ceremony by its owners, has turned out 

 upon inspection to be some worthless composition which was not 

 worth the pains of salvage. 



A contract has recently been signed by the Hawaiian Ma- 

 hogany Lumber Co. and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 

 railroad, by which the former engage to export 90,000,000 board 

 feet of ohia lumber to the mainland' in the next five years. The 

 transaction involves a sum of over two and a half million dol- 

 lars. The lumber will be used for railroad ties, for which pur- 

 pose it has been shown to be thirty per cent, better than the white 

 oak, which hitherto has been the standard of excellency. 



The shipment of the lumber will be made from Hilo and some 

 50,000 tons will be forwarded each year. The contract size of 

 the ties is six by eight inches, and eight feet in length. 



