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BOARD  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  FORESTRY* 
DIVISION  OF  FORESTRY. 
ROUTINE  REPORT. 
Honolulu,  Hawaii,  March  3,  1909. 
Board  of  Commissioners  of 
Agriculture  and  Forestry, 
Honolulu. 
Gentlemen : I have  the  honor  to  submit  the  regular  report  of 
the  D'ivision.of  Forestry  for  the  month  of  February. 
During  this  month  my  own  time  has  been  rather  largely  taken 
up  with  matters  in  connection  with  the  preparation  of  the  annual 
report  of  the  Board  and  of  data  for  the  use  of  the  Legislature. 
On  February  4th  I gave  a ten-minute  talk  before  the  pupils  of 
the  McKinley  High  School  on  the  meaning  of  forestry  and  the 
objects  of  the  forest  work  being  carried  on  by  the  Territory. 
Later  in  this  present  month,  I have  been  asked  to  give  two  lec- 
tures in  the  popular  course  at  the  College  of  Hawaii,  dealing  with 
the  same  subject  in  a more  extended  manner. 
CONSERVATION  WEEK. 
Perhaps  the  most  important  event  of  the  last  month  in  the  way 
for  forestry,  as  indicating  the  development  of  a better  under- 
standing of  the  importance  of  the  subject,  were  the  two  Con- 
servation meetings,  held  on  Monday  and  Tuesday  afternoons  of 
this  week.  The  meeting  on  Monday  was  a joint  session  of  the 
Territorial  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  at  which  the 
Governor  and  the  Territorial  Conservation  Commission  appeared 
to  explain  the  meaning  of  the  conservation  movement  and  the 
reasons  why  provision  should  be  made  for  more  active  participa- 
tion by  Hawaii  in  conservation  work.  Governor  Frear  outlined 
the  growth  and  present  status  of  the  national  movement  for  con- 
servation. His  speech  was  followed  by  short  talks  by  Judge 
Dole,  Honorable  W.  O.  Smith,  Mr.  Jared  G.  Smith,  Dr.  E.  V. 
Wilcox  and  by  me. 
The  meeting  Tuesday  afternoon  was  held  under  the  auspices 
of  the  College  Club  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Frear.  The  principal 
paper  of  the  afternoon  was  read  by  Mrs.  Augustus  F.  Knudsen 
of  Kauai,  the  delegate  from  Hawaii  to  the  Woman’s  National 
Rivers  and  Harbors  Congress,  held  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  in  De- 
cember, 1908.  The  purpose  of  this  meeting  was  to  interest  the 
women  of  the  Territorv  in  the  great  question  of  conservation. 
From  the  enthusiasm  evinced  by  the  large  audience  present  it  is 
evident  that  the  friends  of  conservation  in  Hawaii  may  expect 
