It may be stated that a large proportion of the milk supply of 

 Honolulu is pasteurized by private corporate enterprise, making 

 the problem here so much the lighter should public facilities for 

 the process be resolved on. Pasteurization should not, by any 

 means, be considered as' a substitute for bovine tuberculosis con- 

 trol, in which great progress has been made on this island. As a 

 measure of economic protection alone this campaign is justified, 

 the same as exterminative and preventive methods against any 

 disease of live stock. 



In an article on insect pests of the New Zealand flax, by C. 

 French, Jun , acting government entomologist, in the Journal of 

 Agriculture of Victoria, December 10, the white mussel scale 

 {Phenacaspis cugeniae) is said to be recorded from most parts of 

 Australia, Ccjylon, Japan and Hawaiian Islands. 



The Philippine Review advocates the introduction into that ar- 

 chipelago of hippopotami for enlarging the meat supply. The 

 lake region of the Agusan Valley, Mindanao, would seem to be 

 eminently well adapted for the rearing of hippos, and the writer 

 of the article is of the opinion that, if this entire region were made 

 into a large leservation and stocked with these animals, it could 

 be more profitably utilized in this than in any other way, thus sup- 

 plying a large quantity of excellent meat in place of that which is 

 now imported. 



INDEX TO VOLUME IX. 



With this number are presented the table of contents and index 

 to Volume IX of the Hawaiian Forester and x\griculturist. The 

 same method of indexing as was used for the preceding volume 

 has been adopted. Reports of meetings of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture and Forestry, annual and monthly reports of divisions, im- 

 portant articles on local interests and references to business con- 

 cerns, government bodies, institutions, organizations, persons and 

 publications are sub-indexed alphabetically. This keeps every- 

 thing relating to one main topic together, probably enhancing the 

 readiness of reference. The segregation of comparatively unim- 

 portant matters, such as names of persons mentioned and publi- 

 cations announced or quoted, makes the analyses of the important 

 contents of the volume stand out in clearer relief than if scat- 

 tered amidst the former data. At the same time the separation 

 of names in their proper classes will show at a glance the wide 

 range of the magazine's purview and sources of information and 

 opinion upo'i matters within its jurisdiction. An instance of the 

 value of an index to those who preserve their copies of the mag- 

 azine was aiforded by the present index before it was even sent 

 to press. A departmental official had in preparation an important 



