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except for our regular routine work, so I have not gone into 
this investigation from a technical standpoint. 
There are two things I would like to say, however. The 
Board of Agriculture and Forestry is always willing to do 
all it can in helping on any of the so-called '^allied industries," 
and rubber naturally appeals very strongly to us as an in- 
dustry in which we are especially interested. At this time 
we can help, possibly, by opening the columns of our month- 
ly magazine, the Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, if you 
desire to publish the reports of this meeting. Even if you 
publish them again as a separate, the report could well appear 
as a special number of the Forester. I think that the papers 
which have been read here today ought to be made of perma- 
nent record and given wide distribution. They ought to go 
on record for future reference. 
One other matter, and that is the suggestion made by Mr. 
Anderson at the end of his talk, that someone from this As- 
sociation should be present at the Rubber Growers' Meeting 
in London, next spring. I don't know much about that meet- 
ing, but I do know that there is going to be a big meeting 
there, and I know from my own personal experience that it 
is a mighty good thing for the man himself, for anyone oc- 
casionally to go to such meetings. He gets a great deal out 
of it, and the information brought back is of value to the in- 
dustry. I strongly recommend that one of the technical rub- 
ber men be sent on behalf of the Association, or in some other 
way, to represent the Association there ; to be on hand to 
bring back as much information as he can. 
If at any time or in any way the Board of Agriculture and 
Forestry can be of assistance to the members of this Asso- 
ciation, we are there to be called upon. 
EEMAKKS BY ME. E. M. EHEHORX. 
Mr. Ehrhorn, Territorial Entomologist : I don't know that 
I can tell you very much about the pests that affect the rub- 
ber. I have just read Mr. Austin's paper and there is just 
one thing I can say and that is that the rubber growers can 
be congratulated because they have very few pests attacking 
the trees. Since last year I have looked into the matter, and 
in fact have kept in very close touch with the rubber growers, 
and I can say that we know of only two scale insects, that 
those are insects that are found in forests, generally speak- 
ing, but they are kept in check by the parasites that are al- 
ready here. I forwarded to Mr. Austin at Nahiku some of 
these parasites because he was complaining about the black 
scale pest. The mealy bug, which attacks the rubber tree, is 
one common kind, but I do not think that you are in danger 
