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Koa Seed Secured 



The difficulty of securing good seed of the koa, Acacia koa, 

 was somewhat overcome in August when the Superintendent of 

 Forestry made a special investigation of the condition of the seed 

 pods on the trees found on the trail in Kau leading up to Mauna 

 Loa at an elevation of about 5,000 feet. He found a great many 

 of the pods which had not been attacked by the larvae of Tortri- 

 cid moths and others wdiich were only partly infested. Out of 

 one-third of a bag of pods, one pound of clean seed was secured. 



By interesting some of the youths near the V^olcano House in 

 the proposition of collecting koa seed and offering $5.00 per 

 pound for the clean seed it was possible to secure in this manner 

 a supply of twelve pounds of seed. This will be used in- the 

 planting operations of the Division of Forestry at the higher ele- 

 vations in the Territorv. 



New Fire Wardens Appointed 



At a meeting of the Fjoard of Agriculture and Forestry held 



on September 17, 1919, the following new District Fire Wardens 



were appointed : 



Arthur J. Stillman, District Fire Warden in and for that portion 

 of the District of Kona extending from the land of Ka- 

 haluu to the Kohala District line, Hawaii, vice John A. 

 Maguire, deceased. 



E. K. Duvauchelle, District Fire Warden in and for that portion 

 of the Island of Alolokai including and lying to the east 

 of Wailau Valley and the land of Mapulehu, vice C. C. 

 Conradt, moved away. 



Ernest Brecht, District Fire Warden in and for that portion of 

 the District of Waianae lying to the west of the Waia- 

 nae Mountains, Oahu, vice F. Meyer, deceased. 



Rules for Bird Importations 



In the following letter from the Bureau Chief of the Biological 

 Survey at Washington, D. C, to Chief Plant Inspector E. M. 

 Ehrhorn, who has recently been appointed Inspector of Foreign 

 Mammals and Birds under that Bureau at Honolulu, are laid 

 down certain rules under which birds may and may not be ad- 

 mitted to the Territory of Hawaii : 



