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ment  Station,  when  Prof.  C.  H.  Hitchcock  addressed  the 
Seminar  on  the  subject  of  “Fresh  Water  Springs  in  the 
Ocean.”  The  first  three  seminars  were  held  in  the  office  of 
this  Board.  At  each  one  there  has  been  an  attendance  of  over 
thirty  persons.  The  seminars  are  open  to  all  members  of  the 
staffs  of  the  several  Experiment  Stations  and  to  persons 
directly  engaged  in  the  teaching  of  agriculture. 
PERSONNEL. 
On  October  12th,  Mr.  J.  F.  Rock  was  appointed  Botanical 
Collector  to  gather  herbarium  material  in  the  native  forest 
and  to  undertake  a collection  of  seed  of  rare  Hawaiian  trees 
and  shrubs  needed  for  exchange.  Miss  Melika  Peterson,  who 
had  been  away  on  a leave  of  absence  during  the  calendar  year 
1908,  returned  to  her  duties  with  the  opening  of  the  calendar 
year  1909.  Mr.  R.  Irwin,  who  had  been  substituting  as  clerk 
and  stenographer  for  the  Board  since  August,  terminated  his 
services  on  December  31,  1908. 
MEETINGS. 
During  the  past  three  months  the  Library  of  the  Board  has 
been  used  for  meetings  of  various  organizations,  as  follows : 
Hawaiian  Poultry  Association,  October  14  and  Novem- 
ber 27. 
Palolo  and  Kaimuki  Improvement  Association,  Nov.  27. 
Very  respectfully, 
Ralph  S.  Hosmer, 
Superintendent  of  Forestry. 
Division  of  Animal  Industry. 
REPORT  OF  THE  TERRITORIAL  VETERINARIAN. 
January  13,  1909. 
Mr.  President  and  Members  of  the  Board: 
I beg  to  report  as  follows  on  the  work  of  the  Division  of 
Animal  Industry  since  the  last  meeting  of  this  Board  on 
December  4th,  1908 : 
Glanders. — Two  cases  of  glanders  have  occurred  in  Hono- 
lulu since  the  last  meeting ; one  was  a case  of  a gray  gelding 
which  was  found  standing  in  the  river  near  Vineyard  street 
