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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 



Owing to circumstances outside of the control of the editor, 

 no report of the meetings of the Board of Commissioners of 

 Agriculture and Forestry, since that of the meeting of October 5 

 last, has been published in the Forester. Below are presented 

 summaries of meetings since that date, condensation being exer- 

 cised more liberally u]3on the earlier than the later minutes. 



Meeting of October 5. 



C. S. Judd, president and executive officer ; J. M. Dowsett and 

 H. M. von Holt, members ; E. AT. Ehrhorn, R. S. Hosm.er and 

 Dr. Victor A. Norgaard, heads of the divisions of entomology, 

 forestry and animal industry, respectively ; present. 



Dr. Norgaard brought up the matter of an automobile for his 

 division, which was deferred. He also obtained an excuse from 

 the meeting to return to the Cavalry post at Leilehu^, where a 

 case of glanders had been discovered. 



Mr. von Holt brought up the matter of damage to the Alakiki 

 garden caused by public works blasting, and it was voted to write 

 to the Superintendent of Public Works and ask for precautions 

 in the future. 



Air. Hosmer presented a special report on rabbits and it was 

 decided to ask the cooperation of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' 

 Association in such action as might be desirable. 



Mr. Ehrhorn made a statem.ent of his observations in San 

 Francisco of fruit shipments from the islands. Pineapples from 

 the Clark Farm Co. packed in excelsior arrived in perfect con- 

 dition, but some Wahiawa pineapples were soft and squashy. 

 F. L. Waldron, through whom the latter were shipped, explained 

 that rain had fallen on the pack, causing the fruit to heat. It 

 was voted to write to fruit exporters and inform them of the 

 liability of having their shipments condemned in San Francisco 

 if received in poor condition. 



Dr. E. R. Glaisyer resigned the position of assistant veterina- 

 rian on the island of Hawaii. It was voted to notify Theo. H. 

 Davies & Co. that the veterinarian had resigned owing to insuf- 

 ficient support, and that future quarantine on Hawaii would have 

 to be conducted by an inspector specially sent from Honolulu at 

 the expense of the plantation ro:ceiving a shipment of animals. 



An amendment to the rule allowing the shipment of taro from 

 Honolulu to Hilo was adopted and ordered published. 



Mr. Ehrhorn reported he had received a request from Superin- 

 tendent John McLaren of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, for 

 some female deer of the Hawaiian variety in exchange for some 

 elk. It was voted that the deer be presented to Golden Gate Park 

 but no elk should be accepted, as they would prove a menace here. 



