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this port, it was voted that Dr. Norgaard be instructed to 
draft a letter to the Cahfornia Society for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Animals, asking them to carefully watch all ship- 
ments of animals that leave their ports for these Islands, re- 
ferring more particularly to the shipment received on the 
steamship Hilonian on October 16, 1910, and also calling 
special attention to the necessity of care on their part in the 
shipments of poultry. 
Motion was then made by Mr. Waterhouse that the chair- 
man request the Governor that in preparing his bills for the 
Legislature he incorporate in his report a statement whereby 
the powers of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry may be 
increased, in the way of giving the Board more authority in 
the matter of dealing with the question of introduction of 
animals, and also laws for their protection, from a humane 
viewpoint. The motion was seconded by Mr. Isenberg. 
There being no further business to be brought to the atten- 
tion of the members of the Board, the meeting adjourned. 
DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 28, 1910. 
Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Hono- 
lulu, Oahu. 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit as follows the re- 
port of the Division of Forestry for the months of November 
and December, 1910: 
ARBOR DAY. 
Following the custom established last year, Governor Frear 
designated Friday. November 11, as "Arbor and Conserva- 
tion Day," and in his proclamation recommended its general 
observance. The part of the Division of Forestry was to 
supply, free, a few trees each to as large a number of persons 
as possible. Tree seedlings for Arbor Day planting were 
given out from the Government Nursery at Honolulu, from 
the regular sub-stations at Hilo, Hawaii, and Plomestead, 
Kauai, and also from several temporary nursery stations at 
other points throughout the Territory. Altogether about 
45,000 seedling trees were distributed. This is not quite so 
large a number as was given out in 1909, but as the result of 
somewhat stricter conditions governing the distribution it 
is believed that a larger percentage of the seedlings will 
grow to be trees. 
Very general interest in Arbor Day was manifested in all 
the Public Schools, the emphasis being placed on the under- 
