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BOARD  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  FORESTRY. 
Division  of  Forestry. 
ROUTINE  REPORT. 
Honolulu,  February  3,  1909. 
Board  of  Commissioners  of 
Agriculture  and  Forestry, 
Honolulu,  Hawaii. 
Gentlemen : I have  the  honor  to  submit  the  regular  report 
of  the  Division  of  Forestry  for  the  month  of  January.  During 
this  month  my  own  time  has  been  mainly  devoted  to  the 
preparation  of  the  annual  report  of  the  Division  of  Forestry 
for  the  calendar  year  1908,  and  to  matters  connected  with  the 
routine  work  of  the  Division. 
For  the  fourth  annual  exhibition  of  the  Hawaiian  Poultry 
Association  the  Division  of  Forestry  united  with  the  other 
Divisions  of  this  Board  in  making  an  exhibit  illustrating  the 
work  in  progress.  Maps  and  charts  describing  the  forest 
reserves,  plants  from  the  Government  Nursery  showing 
methods  of  nursery  procedure  and  a case  of  herbarium  mate- 
rial were  the  features  of  the  Division  of  Forestry’s  exhibit. 
On  Monday,  January  11,  there  occurred  a forest  fire  on  the 
land  of  Kauhako,  South  Kona,  Hawaii,  “about  a cjuarter  of  a 
mile  from  the  Court  House  above  the  government  road.”  The 
fire  was  reported  on  January  14  by  Honorable  John  D.  Paris, 
the  District  Fire  Warden.  The  fire  was  at  once  got  under 
control  by  people  in  the  neighborhood.  Although  it  started 
up  again  the  next  day  it  was  finally  extinguished  without 
much  damage  being  done,  the  fire  being  put  out  before  it 
reached  the  edge  of  the  forest.  Mr.  Paris  does  not  say  how 
large  an  area  was  burned  over. 
The  distribution  of  the  Year  Books  of  the  United  States 
Department  of  Agriculture,  received  some  little  time  ago  from 
the  Delegate  to  Congress,  Honorable  J.  K.  Kalanianaole,  has 
now  been  completed.  By  the  last  mail  there  was  received 
from  him  a consignment  of  vegetable  seeds  for  distribution. 
Arrangements  are  now  being  made  with  the  Department  of 
Public  Instruction  whereby  this  seed  will  be  distributed  to 
the  different  families  represented  in  the  several  public  schools. 
Later,  notices  will  be  given  in  the  papers  that  will  lead  to  its 
general  distribution  among  those  who  are  not  reached  in  this 
way.  Altogether  the  quota  received  consists  of  10,000  pack- 
ages of  vegetable  seeds  and  320  packages  of  flower  seeds. 
On  January  16,  Mr.  Herbert  Kinslea,  the  Clerk  of  this  DivE 
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