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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 
Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Commissioners of 
Agriculture and Forestry, held in the Board room, at the 
Capitol, on Wednesday, August 3, 1910, at 2 o’clock p. m. 
Present : Marston Campbell, President and Executive 
Officer; Messrs. J. M. Dowsett, H. M. von Holt, and Albert 
Waterhouse, members; Dr. V. A. Norgaard, Territorial 
Veterinarian. 
FORESTRY. 
At the last meeting of the Board it was voted that the Su- 
perintendent of Public Works be requested to institute con- 
demnation proceedings for the land of Kehenna II, for forest 
reserve purposes, the heirs of the Woods Estate having re- 
fused the offer made them of $7.50 per acre ; in regard to this 
the President reported that the Survey Office is preparing 
all of the necessary documents in accordance with the desires 
of the Attorney General to go ahead with the condemnation 
proceedings. 
FINANCES. 
The President read the regular monthly statement of the 
finances of the Board of Agriculture and Eorestry, prepared 
by the Secretary, which was accepted and ordered placed on 
file. 
DAIRY CATTLE INSPECTION. 
In regard to the extensive work now being carried on, in 
the matter of tuberculin testing of cows, by the Territorial 
Veterinarian, the President reported that the Board of Super- 
visors had allowed the Board an allotment of $250 per month, 
for three months, to help defray the expenses. The Board of 
Agriculture expressed a desire to continue to assist the Board 
of Supervisors in this work in any way possible, so long as 
the appropriation continued. The Secretary was instructed 
to request Dr. Norgaard to frame a letter to that effect and 
to submit it to the Board for its approval at the next meeting. 
Carried. 
ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 
Dr. Norgaard submitted his report, dated August 2, in re- 
gard to the prevalence of tuberculosis among the dairy cattle 
in the City and County of Honolulu, stating facts and mak- 
ing a number of recommendations. 
It was voted that a copy of this report be placed on file, 
that the County Board of Supervisors be supplied with one 
copy, and that the press be given one copy, with the under- 
standing that it be published in full. 
