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In Japan it is used for a great variety of purposes, much in the 
same way as is the Redwood in California. 
AN ARBOR DAY COURTESY. 
I have just been informed by Brother Matthias Newell of Hilo, 
who is in charge of the local distributing nursery in that city, that 
the trees sent out by him for Arbor Day planting to homesteaders 
and others in the vicinity of Hilo were carried free of charge by 
the VAlcano Stables and Transportation Company and by the Hilo 
Railway Company. I wish to take this opportunity of expressing 
my appreciation of this courtesy, both to Mr. Wright, manager 
of the Volcano Stables, and to Mr. Filler, superintendent of the 
Hilo Railway. 
RUBBER growers’ CONVENTION. 
The third annual meeting of the Hawaiian Rubber Growers’ 
Association was held on November 16. A number of papers were 
presented by managers of the plantations on Maui and other per- 
sons particularly interested in this industr}c A number of these 
papers led to active discussion which brought out many points 
of interest. As showing the interest of this Board in rubber, 
both Mr. Ehrhorn and I made short speeches. A full account of 
this convention with most of the papers presented will be printed 
in the December issue of the Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist. 
The subject of my paper at the Rubber Growers’ Convention 
was “Rubber and Reforestation,” which I made the text for an 
argument for tree planting. It is the policy of the Division of 
Forestry to loss no legitimate opportunity to bring home to the 
people of this Territory the advantages which will accrue to them 
and to the Territory as a whole from forest work. It is for this 
reason that talks are given at different association meetings and 
that in general educational work in forestry is kept up. In line 
with this usage, at the request of J\Ir. R. O. Matheson, the editor 
of the Advertiser, I prepared an illustrated article on “The Func- 
tion of Forestry in Hawaii,” which was published in the Sunday 
Advertiser of December 12. The pictures from which the illus- 
trations were made were some of those from which transpar- 
encies were prepared for exhibition at Seattle. The text of the 
article outlines why forest work is necessary to the welfare of this 
Territory. 
ROUTINE WORK. 
During the latter part of the month I personally have given con- 
siderable time to a rearrangement of the Board’s allotment of the 
conservation fund and to other office work incidental to the recent 
reorganization of the office staff. 
The Board building continues to be used at intervals by organi- 
zations carrying on allied branches of work. On the evening on 
