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Normal  School.  All  this  activity  is  cordially  to  be  welcomed 
for  it  all  helps  in  building  up  a strong  public  sentiment  in 
favor  of  forest  work,  without  which  it  is  impossible  to  accom- 
plish all  that  waits  to  be  done. 
REPORT  OF  CONSERVATION  . HEARING. 
The  report  of  proceedings  of  the  Special  Conservation  hear- 
ing held  before  the  Legislature  on  March  1,  was  reprinted 
both  in  English  and  in  Hawaiian,  and  has  been  generally  dis- 
tributed throughout  the  Territory;  1500  copies  of  the  English 
edition  and  750  of  the  Hawaiian  having  been  printed  and  given 
out.  The  report  in  English  also  appears  in  the  Hawaiian  For- 
ester and  Agriculturist  for  March,  1909.  A second  printing  of 
the  Hawaiian  edition  is  now  being  made,  so  that  the  report 
may  be  supplied  to  persons  who  have  not  already  got  copies. 
Application  for  t'his  report  should  be  addressed  to  the  Super- 
intendent of  Forestry,  Box  331,  Honolulu. 
LECTURES  AT  COLLEGE  OF  HAWAII. 
On  March  24  and  31,  I gave  two  lectures  in  the  popular 
course  at  the  College  of  Hawaii  on  forest  subjects,  respectively 
'‘The  Economics  of  Forestry”  and  "Forestry  in  Hawaii.” 
FIFTH  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD. 
The  annual  report  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Forestry 
for  the  calendar  year  1908,  was  issued  on  March  11.  An  edi- 
tion of  2,500  copies  of  the  full  report  is  printed.  About  1500 
copies  have  been  given  out,  locally  and  to  persons  on  our 
foreign  exchange  list. 
EXHIBIT  FOR  SEATTLE  EXPOSITION. 
From  February  11  to  March  19,  Mr.  J.  F.  Rock,  the  Botani- 
cal Assistant  of  this  Division,  was  on  the  island  of  Kauai, 
making  a collection  of  logs  of  Hawaiian  woods  from  which 
specimen  blocks  are  to  be  cut  for  exhibition  at  Seattle  at  the 
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific  Exposition.  In  all  logs  of  90  different 
trees,  native  and  introduced,  have  been  got  together  qnd  are 
now  being  prepared  for  the  exhibit. 
While  on  Kauai  Mr.  Rock  also  collected  1655  herbarium 
specimens  of  native  trees  and  shrubs.  It  is  the  intention  to 
send  to  Seattle  four  cases  of  herbarium  specimens  showing 
characteristic  groups  of  island  plants.  The  cost  of  the  exhibit 
is  borne  by  the  Hawaii  Exposition  Commission,  out  of  Federal 
funds. 
