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a careful examination of the plots on Haleakala, which 
showed that a very encouraging proportion of the seeds sown 
last March had germinated and were growing. Mr. Hosmer 
further said that when he was last on Mauna Kea, a few 
months since, he found that about forty per cent, of the 
transplants sent out were alive and growing. In work of 
this kind one must expect a good many failures, but the re- 
sults so far are by no means discouraging. During this same 
trip a good many kinds of seed were sown which of course 
have not been heard from. 
In this connection Mr. Campbell said that he should like 
to see California redwood given a more systematic trial than 
it has yet received in this Territory, it being one of the most 
valuable commercial trees. Mr. Hosmer replied that a num- 
ber of small consignments had been made to various persons 
during the past year and that some trees from earlier ship- 
ments were already growing in a number of places, and added 
that redwood is unquestionably a tree that should be further 
experimented with. 
KOA SEED. 
President Campbell read reply of the Forest Nurseryman, 
dated October 12, to a letter addressed to the Superintendent 
of Forestry during his absence, in regard to collecting koa 
seed, in which he states that the seed boys have devoted 
considerable time to this work and that the Division of For- 
estry now has on hand several pounds of good koa seed. 
KAHOOLAWE. 
Mr. Campbell read a letter from Mr. Eben P. Low, dated 
October 12, in which Mr. Low agreed to remove his stock 
from the Island of Kahoolawe and do certain other things 
which the Board desired, including the killing off of the 
goats, in return for the privilege of having apiaries on the 
island for fifteen years. After some discussion, Mr. Low’s 
letter was referred to the Superintendent of Forestry with 
the instruction that he work out a scheme and report back 
his recommendation to the Board at a later meeting. 
' ' CONSERVATION MEETING. 
Mr. Campbell called the attention of the members of the 
Board to the fact that a special meeting to consider certain 
aspects of the Conservation problem in its local relations had 
been arranged for under the joint auspices of the Board of 
Agriculture and Forestry and the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ 
Association, to be held in the Throne room on the afternoon 
of Wednesday, November 16. A number of short papers 
pre to be read with the object of provoking discussion that 
shall direct attention to certain things that need especially 
