GOVERNOR  FREAR’S  MESSAGE  TO  THE  LEGISLA- 
TURE OF  HAWAII. 
The  following  extracts  from  Governor  Frear’s  message  to  the 
Legislature  are  of  such  interest  to  agriculture  that  they  are  pub- 
lished in  full : 
AGRICULTURE  AND  FORESTRY. 
Much  exceedingly  valuable  service  has  been  performed  by  this 
board  through  its  divisions  of  forestry,  animal  industry  and  ento- 
mology. The  service  can  be  greatly  extended  with  profit  pro- 
vided funds  are  available,  but  unless  some  such  arrangement,  as 
is  above  suggested  is  made,  it  is  not  easy  to  see  how  this  can  be 
accomplished. 
A serious  question  has  been  raised  as  to  whether  the  president 
and  executive  officer  of  the  board  should  not  be  salaried  like  the 
heads  of  other  departments.  There  could  be  little  doubt  of  the 
advisability  of  this  if  there  were  sufficient  funds  and  if  the  de- 
partment should  be  permitted  to  expand  its  work  as  it  ought  to. 
Under  the  circumstances,  however,  this  would  hardly  be  justified. 
The  work  at  present  is  such  that  it  may  be  performed  by  the  head 
of  one  of  the  other  departments,  as,  for  instance,  the  public  works, 
if  it  requires  mainly  an  executive  officer,  or  by  the  head  of  some 
other  scientific  institution,  if  it  requires  mainly  a scientific  direc- 
tor, notwithstanding  that  each  of  its  three  divisions  is  expected  to 
be  under  a director  of  high  scientific  attainments.  The  leaning 
should  be  towards  consolidation  rather  than  multiplication  of  gov- 
ernmental agencies  for  purposes  of  economy  and  efficiency  and 
unnecessary  duplication  of  work.  Besides  the  extensive  experi- 
ment station  of  the  sugar  planters,  there  are  the  Territorial  board 
of  agriculture  and  forestry,  the  Federal  experiment  station  and 
the  college  of  agriculture  and  mechanic  arts  engaged  to  some  ex- 
tent in  work  of  similar  character.  The  Federal  station  is  prac- 
tically a territorial  institution,  though  managed  and  supported 
mainly  by  the  Federal  Government.  Eventually  it  not  unlikely 
will  be  under  territorial  management.  Sooner  or  later  it  may 
prove  best  to  combine  with  it  the  board  of  agriculture  and  for- 
estry. It  may  be  advisable  even  now  to  have  these  institutions 
directed  by  the  same  person,  if  that  can  be  arranged. 
CONSERVATION  AND  DEVELOPMENT  OF  NATURAL 
RESOURCES. 
Public  thought  has  been  awakened  during  the  last  year  as  never 
before  to  the  scope  and  importance  of  this  subject.  There  is  no 
need  of  enlarging  upon  it  here.  It  has  many  phases.  Hawaii  is 
scant  in  mineral  resources  and  inland  waterways.  Her  resources 
are  mainly  of  the  soil  and  the  forest,  the  latter  chiefly  for  the  con- 
servation of  water  for  irrigation,  power  and  domestic  use.  Trans- 
