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As the liquid is very volatile and extremely explosive care 

 should be taken not to allow any light or smoking around the 

 building where the carbon-bisulphide is used. 



Carbon-bisulphide can be purchased at any drug company and 

 in any quantity. For small fumigations one gallon cans are 

 handy. If larger quantities are kept on hand care should be taken 

 to keep the container tightly corked to prevent evaporation. 

 Cover corks or openings with paraffin wax. 



Protecting Wild Life 



NEW RULE OF THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY FOR 

 BIRD, ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE LIFE PROTEC- 

 TION ON CERTAIN SMALL ISLANDS. 



The Board at its meeting on July 20, 1917, passed Rule IV 

 of the Division of Forestry, which received the approval of the 

 Governor on July 28. and which appeared in the By Authority 

 page of the last issue. 



The initial steps in this direction were taken during the 1917 

 session of the Legislature, when Representative Gerrit P. Wilder 

 introduced a concurrent resolution for the protection of the 

 birds on these small islands. This was afterward changed in the 

 Senate to a bill and passed as Act 214, which gives authority to 

 this Board to pass and enforce this rule. 



The report of the Superintendent of Forestry recommending 

 the adoption of Rule IV is as follows : 



Honolulu, July 5, 1917. • 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen: — Act 214 of the 1917 session of the Legislature 

 authorizes this Board to promulgate rules and regulations for the 

 protection of bird, animal and vegetable life on six small islands 

 off the windward coast of Oahu and one island, Mokuhooniki, ofif 

 the eastern end of Molokai, and prescribes that the violation of 

 any such rules and regulations shall be subject to the usual pen- 

 alty of not to exceed $500. 



Rule IV of the Division of Forestry has therefore been pre- 

 pared to comply with the provisions of this act, and is herewith 

 presented for your approval. 



It is my plan to have suitable signs painted in the English, Ha- 

 waiian and Japanese language posted on these islands as the initial 

 step in enforcing Rule IV. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. S. JUDD, 



Superintendent of Forestry. 



