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CONSERVATION  HEARING. 
On  Monday  afternoon,  March  i,  1909,  the  Senate  and  House 
of  Representatives  of  Hawaii  united  in  a joint  session  to 
listen  to  addresses  on  the  subject  of  the  Conservation  of 
Natural  Resources  by  the  Governor  of  the  Territory,  members 
of  the  Territorial  Conservation  Commission,  the  Federal 
Judge  and  the  Director  of  the  Hawaii  Experiment  Station. 
In  his  first  message  to  the  Legislature,  Governor  Frear 
made  specific  recommendations  that  provision  be  made  for  a 
Hydrographic  Survey  of  these  Islands,  to  be  conducted  by  the 
U.  S.  Geological  Survey,  and  that  the  work  of  the  Territorial 
Forest  Service  be  more  adequately  provided  for. 
The  object  of  this  meeting  was  to  bring  before  the  members 
of  the  Legislature  a succinct  statement  of  the  aims  and  pur- 
poses of  Conservation  and  the  reasons  why  it  is  desirable 
that  Hawaii  should  participate  actively  in  Conservation  work. 
The  meeting  was  arranged  at  the  request  of  the  Governor 
by  the  President  of  the  Senate  and  the  Speaker  of  the  House 
of  Representatives.  Somewhat  unusual  in  procedure,  it  is  a 
recognition  of  the  important  place  that  Conservation  holds  in 
Hawaii. 
The  remarks  of  the  several  speakers,  in  full  are  as  fol- 
lows :* 
House  of  Representatives, 
March  1,  1909,  2:15  P.  M. 
Hon.  R.  W.  Shingle  (in  the  chair). 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen : The  House  has  invited  Governor 
Frear  together  with  several  other  gentlemen  who  attended  the 
governors’  conference  in  Washington  held  at  the  invitation  of 
President  Roosevelt  in  May  last,  at  which  was  taken  up  the 
conservation  of  natural  resources  of  the  country;  and  the 
Senate  is  sitting  in  session  with  the  House  to  hear  these  gen- 
tlemen in  order  that  they  may  gain  from  their  remarks  certain 
knowledge  which  will  guide  them  in  the  matters  which  may 
come  before  the  present  session  of  the  legislature 
I will  introduce  Governor  Frear,  who  will  open  the  meeting 
with  a few  general  remarks  covering  the  situation. 
* These  addresses  in  English  and  in  Hawaiian  have  been 
reprinted  by  the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Forestry  for  gen- 
eral distribution.  Copies  may  be  had  on  application  to  the 
Mailing  Clerk,  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Forestry,  Box  331, 
Honolulu,  Hawaii. 
