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 BOARD MEETING ITEMS. 



Following are items of public interest from the approved min- 

 utes of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 being of a meeting held at the office of Commissioner Dovvsett 

 on July 15, at which were present Albert Waterhouse, president; 

 li. M. von Holt and A. H. Rice, members; C. S. Judd, Executive 

 Officer, and E. M. Ehrhorn, Superintendent of Entomology. 



IMPORTATION OF FORMOSA CROW. 



Mr. Muir's application of May 25 in which he requested per- 

 mission to import into the Territory for liberation the Formosa 

 crow, a bird which he considers will be beneficial, was again pre- 

 sented for action. The Superintendent of Entomology, upon 

 question of the chairman, stated that he had gone into the matter 

 to considerable extent and from all information gathered he was 

 of the opinion that there was absolutely no danger in introduc- 

 ing it into the Territory. The question arose as to whether or 

 not the bird is of a carnivorous nature and if the disease known 

 as surra exists in Formosa. After some discussion it was thought 

 advisable to confer with the Superintendent of Animal Industry 

 in this regard before taking definite action. It was thereupon 

 moved by Commissioner Rice, seconded by Commissioner von 

 Holt and unanimously carried that Mr. Muir's application be 

 granted subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Animal 

 Industry. 



CLAIMS FOR FIGHTING FOREST FIRE. 



Chairman Waterhouse called to the attention of those present 

 two bills dated March, 1915, which he had received from the 

 Hilo Sugar Company, $91.35, and from the Haw^aii Mill Com- 

 pany, $210.45, for labor in fighting a forest fire on the Punohoa 

 mauka land near Hilo. After a short discussion and the Super- 

 intendent of Forestry advising that the Attorney General recom- 

 mended that same be paid in accordance with Section 492 of the 

 Revised Laws of 1915, it was moved by Commissioner von Holt, 

 seconded by Commissioner Rice and unanimously carried, that 

 same be approved and sent to the Auditor for payment. 



APPLICATION \V. F. BARTELS. 



Regarding the application of W. F. Bartels dated June 7, 1915. 

 for permission to use for agricultural purposes a parcel of land 

 consisting of forty acres together with an allowance of pasture 

 land within the South Kona forest reserve, Hawaii, after a short 

 discussion and those present concurring that it would be incon- 

 sistent with the general forest reserve policy, it was unanimous- 



