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and the local University Club. I have been much interested, 
and have helped as I could, in the establishment of the Vol- 
canological Observatory at Kilauea, and in the extension to 
Hawaii of several branches of government scientific work 
carried on by various bureaus and departments. In 1906 I made 
a three months’ trip to the Eastern states, during which I read 
a paper, subsequently published in its Proceedings, before the 
Society of American Foresters. In 1908 I was again in the 
East, at the time of the Conference of the Governors, and in 
1909 on the Pacific Coast, for the meetings of Spokane and 
Seattle.” 
Hosmer is a member of the Unitarian church. In politics 
he is an “independent Republican, with strong leanings toward 
Progressiveism.” He is a member of the following associations: 
Society of American Foresters; Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, 
Canadian, Minnesota and American Forestry associations; 
National Conservation Association; Biological Society, Wash- 
ington, D. C.; Hawaiian Historical Society; Social Science 
Society of Honolulu; University Club, Honolulu; Harvard 
Club of Hawaii (secretary); Harvard Club of Washington 
and several Alumni associations, including the Yale Club of 
Hawaii. 
He has published: (With E. S. Bruce) A forest working plan for 
township 40, New York State Forest Preserve, Bull. 30, Div. of For., 1901; 
(With E. S. Bruce) A forest working plan for townships 5, 6 and 41, 
Rep. of For., Fish and Game Com. of N. Y., 1903; A study of spruce, 
on cut-over land, 4th Rep. For. Com. of Maine, 1902; Reports of the 
Division of Forestry, Ann. Reps. Bd. Coms. of Agric. and For., Hawaii, 
1904-10; Report as chairman of Conservation Commission of Hawaii, 
Ann. Rep. Div. For., 1908; various articles on forestry and conservation 
in Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, Honolulu, 1904-12; illustrated 
article in American Conservation, August, 1911, addresses before Society 
of American Foresters, 1906, National Irrigation Congress, 1909, Forest 
Conservation Congress, 1900, published in Proceedings of those associ- 
ations. 
Roy L. Marston 
Skowhegan, Maine 
Roy Leon Marston was born September to, 1877, in Skowhegan, Maine, 
the son of Charles A. Marston, a representative and senator, and 
Sarah (Steward) Marston. On his father’s side he is of Scotch, and 


