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these  points  and  at  the  Government  Nursery  at  Honolulu,  enough 
trees  are  being  got  ready  to  fill  all  requests  that  are  likely  to  be 
made.  During  the  past  week  letters  have  been  sent  to  various 
correspondents  of  the  Division  throughout  the  Territory  request- 
ing their  cooperation  in  making  up  lists  of  names  of  persons  who 
desire  the  free  trees.  Notice  of  the  free  distribution  has  also  been 
given  through  the  English,  Hawaiian  and  Portuguese  newspapers. 
In  these  ways  it  is  hoped  that  no  one  who  really  wants  trees  will 
be  overlooked  when  Arbor  Day  comes.  Until  the  second  Friday 
in  November  the  energies  of  the  Division  of  Forestry  will  con- 
tinue chiefly  to  be  devoted  to  this  work. 
CONSERVATION  MEETING. 
On  Wednesday  afternoon,  September  22,  under  the  auspices  of 
the  local  branch  of  the  Woman’s  National  Rivers  and  Harbors 
Congress,  a public  meeting  was  held  in  the  rooms  of  the  Com- 
mercial Club,  where  Mr.  W.  C.  Mendenhall  of  the  U.  S.  Geol- 
ogical Survey  and  I read  papers  on  conservation.  The  purpose  of 
both  addresses  was  to  bring  clearly  before  the  meeting  a brief 
statement  of  the  place  that  conservation  bears  in  certain  of  the 
problems  that  now  loom  large  before  us.  Mr.  Mendenhall  spoke 
on  “Conservation  in  Its  Relation  to  Water  Investigations.”  My 
paper  was  entitled  “Conservation  in  Hawaii — Its  Present  Status 
and  Its  Aims.” 
BOTANICAL  EXPEDITION  TO  KAUAI. 
From  August  31  to  October  3,  Mr.  J.  F.  Rock,  the  botanical 
assistant  of  this  Division  was  on  Kauai,  engaged  in  collecting 
herbarium  material  on  the  uplands  on  the  south  side  of  that  is- 
land. Through  the  extreme  courtesy  of  Mr.  Francis  Gay  Mr 
Rock  was  able  to  get  much  interesting  material,  illustrative  of  a 
particularly  interesting  botanical  locality.  During  his  stay  on 
Kauai  Mr.  Rock  made  the  ascent  of  Mt.  Waialeale,  bringing  back 
a good  collection  of  specimens  from  that  inaccessible  and  seldom 
visited  mountain  peak.  These  are  now  being  prepared  for  their 
permanent  place  in  the  herbarium  at  the  Board’s  office  at  the  Gov- 
ernment Nursery. 
RETURN  OF  MR.  HAUGHS. 
In  accordance  with  a leave  of  absence  granted  him  by  the 
Board,  Mr.  David  Haughs,  Forest  Nurseryman,  was  away  from 
Honolulu  on  a well  merited  vacation  from  September  2 to  Sep- 
tember 28,  during  which  time  he  made  a flying  visit  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
Very  respectfully, 
Ralph  S.  Hosmer, 
Superintendent  of  Forestry. 
