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PRESIDENT TRO TEMPORE. 



To insure that the Board of Agriculture and Forestry shall 

 never be left without an Executive Officer, the Governor has 

 ruled that on leaving the Territory the person holding the 

 office must resign. Accordingly, during the absence of Mr. 

 W. M. Gif¥ard on a three months' trip to the mainland, Mr. 

 C. S. HoUoway has been appointed as President and Executive 

 Officer. Mr. Holioway's appointment took effect on the day 

 of Mr. Giffard's departure, May 22, 1907. 



DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



FlUUTINE REPORTS. 



April 17, 1907. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture & Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen: — I have the honor to submit the following re- 

 port, covering the routine w^ork of the Division of Forestry, 

 from April 3rd to date. 



During the fortnight, I have been continuously in HonoluLi 

 engaged with the routine work of the Division and with the 

 j)reparatio.n of two reports on forest reserve projects. These 

 will be submitted to the Committee on Forestry within a 

 few days. 



Since my last report Mr. Flaughs has completed the plant- 

 ing plan for the Catholic ^Mission lands in Kalihi valley. A 

 copy of the plan has been handed to Father Adelbert Rielander. 



An application for a forest planting plan has been received 

 from the Wahiawa Water Company. Mr. Haughs will visit 

 Wahiawa this v/eek to make the necessary examination on 

 the ground. 



Mr. Haughs has also made several trips up Nuuanu Valley 

 to oversee certain work in transplanting trees and shrubs 

 on ihe Atherton property made necessary by the construction 

 of a new pipe from the Nuuanu dam. 



I regret to report that House Bill No. 177, an Act introduced 

 by Hon. Wm. J. Sheldon, to provide for the better protection 

 of forest trees against trespass, was killed in the House. 



A limited number of Farmers' Bulletins consisting of a 

 series of about a dozen numbers has been received from th^ 

 Delegate to Congress, and distributed to the principals of the 

 larger public schools. There yet remains on hand some o^ 



