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APPLICATION T. M. BURRELL. 



The chairman presented a special report from the Superin- 

 tendent of Forestry dated February 24, 1915. regarding a verbal 

 request which had been received from T. M. Burrell for permis- 

 sion to erect at the Xuuanu Pali, Honolulu Watershed forest 

 reserve, a building which he desires to use as a store, the super- 

 intendent recommending that said request be not granted. After 

 more or less discussion and those present concurring that a build- 

 ing at this point would be of detriment and would greatly detract 

 from the natural beauty of the Pali, upon motion of Commis-. 

 sioner Dowsett, seconded by Commissioner von Holt and unani- 

 mously carried, Mr. Burrell 's request was not granted. 



RE INCLUSION OF 298 ACRES OF LAND AT KAPAPALA^ KAU, HAWAII, 

 IN FOREST RESERVE. 



Regarding a special report from the Superintendent of Fores- 

 try dated February 24, 1915, with which was submitted a com- 

 munication from Messrs. C. Brewer & Company, dated February 

 2, 1915, recommending that a piece of land at Kapapala, Kau, 

 Hawaii, between the mauka boundary of the cane land and the 

 makai boundary of the present forest reserve, containing 298 

 acres, be taken into the Kau forest reserve ; after considerable 

 discussion the Commissioners unanimously approved of the gen- 

 eral principle of creating as woodlot reserves unoccupied pieces 

 of waste land which are not needed for homesteading nor for 

 grazing purposes, as recommended in the Superintendent's report, 

 but, regarding the inclusion of the 298 acres in the Kau forest 

 reserve, it was unanimously voted upon motion of Commissioner 

 von Flolt, seconded by Commissioner Dowsett, that the Superin- 

 tendent of Forestry be requested to make an investigation and 

 forward a report as to the advisability of including this area in 

 the reserve. 



Fly larvae in horse manure may be effectively and economically 

 destroyed by the use of commercial borax. According to Bul- 

 letin Xo. 118 of the Bureau of Fntomology, I'nited States De- 

 l)artment of Agriculture, the application of 0.62 lb. of borax to 

 each 10 cubic feet of horse manure was found to kill eggs and 

 larvae, and it was also found that in the case of many crops the 

 addition of this amount of borax was not detrimental when the 

 manure was applied to the land. In order to prevent the hatcii- 

 ing of the eggs, the borax should be applied to the horse manure 

 immediately it is removed from the stable. The maggots congre- 

 gate about the fedge of the manure pile, and on this account most 

 of the borax should be aj^plied in this situation. — Agricultural 

 Nczvs. 



