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BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS  OF  AGRICULTURE 
AND  FORESTRY. 
ROUTINE  REPORTS. 
Division  of  Forestry. 
Honolulu,  Hawaii,  November  3,  1909. 
Board  of  Commissioners  of 
Agriculture  and  Forestry, 
Honolulu. 
Gentlemen : — I have  the  honor  to  submit  the  regular  report 
of  the  Division  of  Forestry  for  the  month  of  October,  1909. 
ARBOR  AND  CONSERVATION  DAY. 
The  main  energies  of  the  staff  of  the  Division  of  Forestry 
during  this  month  have  been  devoted  to  preparations  for  the  free 
distribution  of  trees  for  planting  on  Arbor  Day.  On  October 
14  Governor  Frear  issued  a proclamation  designating  Friday, 
November  12,  as  Arbor  and  Conservation  Day  and  recommend- 
ing that  the  occasion  be  observed  by  appropriate  exercises  in  the 
schools  and  by  tree  planting.  Following  up  the  program  to  make 
this  Arbor  Day  a record  breaking  event  in  local  tree  planting  the 
Division  has  been  busy  calling  the  attention  of  the  people  to  its 
offer  of  two  dozen  free  trees  to  every  land  holder,  and  with  the 
actual  preparations  of  getting  the  trees  ready  to  be  given  out. 
Lists  of  names  of  persons  desiring  trees  have  been  compiled 
bv  a number  of  the  District  Foresters  and  other  correspondents 
of  the  Division.  Notices  that  trees  would  be  given  away  have 
been  published  in  all  the  leading  newspapers  of  the  Territory, 
including  the  Hawaiian  and  Portuguese  weeklies,  and  in  some 
districts  posters  have  been  displayed  telling  where  and  how  trees 
could  be  got.  In  this  connection  it  is  only  fair  to  express  ap- 
preciation to  the  newspaper  men  for  the  interest  they  have  taken 
in  this  matter,  in  giving  the  Arbor  Day  notices  ample  and  con- 
spicuous space. 
It  is  too  soon  yet  to  give  figures  of  how  many  trees  will  be 
sent  out,  but  the  number  of  trees  planted  will  go  far  ahead  of  all 
previous  records.  From  the  Government  Nursery  alone  there 
will  be  sent  out  over  twice  as  many  trees  as  have  ever  been  given 
out  at  any  one  time  before.  Besides  this,  trees  are  being  given 
out  from  each  of  seven  sub-nurseries,  a feature  that  is  new  this 
year.  These  sub-stations  are  at  Kalaheo,  Kauai ; Wailuku,  Ma- 
kawao  and  Lahaina,  Maui ; Hilo,  Papaikou  and  Waimea,  Hawaii, 
-ne  Division  of  Forestry  has  done  its  full  part  in  providing  free 
trees  and  telling  people  where  and  how  to  get  them.  If  any  one 
fails  to  take  advantage  of  the  offer  it  is  his  own  fault. 
