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any others they may desire to invite, when special addresses may 

 be given on the resources and attractions of the country and 

 that particular day will be known by the name of the country. 

 For instance, 'Ceylon Day,' 'British Malaya Day,' 'Brazil Day,' 

 etc." 



If Hawaii be represented, there will be "Hawaii Day," of 

 course, when Bonine pictures of Hawaiian industries and scenic 

 attractions should be given. Artist Hitchcock, on being asked 

 by one of the Hawaiian members of the honorary advisory com- 

 mittee, has stated that he would be very pleased to send some of 

 his paintings of Hawaiian scenes to the exhibition. Members of 

 that committee selected from Hawaii are Wilbur A. Anderson, 

 secretary of the Hawaiian Rubber Growers' Association ; Dr. E. 

 V. Wilcox, special agent in charge of the Hawaii Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station ; F. T. P. Waterhouse, secretary of the Water- 

 house Co., Ltd. ; Albert Waterhouse, president of the Waterhouse 

 Co., Ltd., and member of the board of commissioners of agri- 

 culture and forestry; W. P. Thomas, pineapple grower and 

 packer ; Jared G. Smith, tobacco grower and formerly special 

 agent in charge of the H. A. E. S. ; William Weinrich, fiber ex- 

 pert, and Daniel Logan, editor Haivaiian Forester and Agricul- 

 turist. Mr. Anderson is also officially listed as one of the patrons 

 of the exhibition, along with the Earl of Derby and many other 

 distinguished persons and associations throughout the world. 



RUBBER IN HAWAII. 



In a report by the Acting Britisli Consul at Honolulu on the 

 trade of Hawaii in the year ended June 30, 1912, which will 

 shortly be issued, it is stated that rubber is steadily becoming a 

 more important item of Hawaii's products. On the Lsland of 

 Maui many trees have been planted, and these are now tapped in 

 large numbers. Steady efiforts are being made to improve the 

 methods of jjreparation in order to increase the marketable value. 

 During 1912, 35,000 were tapped, and altogether some 8,000 lbs. 

 of rubber were expected to l)c ])ro(luced, most of which will be 

 exported. I'^or 1913 an ()Ut])ut of 20,000 lbs. is anticipated. At- 

 tention has been directed tt) an indigenous rubber tree ( Ivu])lu)rbia 

 lorifolia), which grows in several localities, one ])lace in jxirtic- 

 ular on island of Hawaii having 6,000 acres, averaging 75 trees 

 to the acre, whose ])ro(luct is 14 to 17 jier cent, of rubber and 60 

 per cent, of resin (chicle), ll i^ iciMirted that the latex contains 

 42 per cent, of sf)lid material, and thai one man can collect 16 to 

 30 lbs. of crude i)rodnel per day. — [■'liunicirr, .\pril 1. 



