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On June I last, before a crowd of fifteen thousand persons, 
ground breaking ceremonies were held. Many prominent 
men made addresses on this occasion, among whom was the 
Hon. John Barrett, director of the International Bureau of 
American Republics. From that date until the present time 
work upon the exposition grounds has been going on rapidly. 
Most of the grading and clearing has been finished : all the 
principal roadways, avenues, circles and plazas have been com- 
pleted : the Administration building has been erected and occu- 
pied by the executive force for several months : contracts have 
been let for the construction of five large buildings and for 
several small ones. Among these are the Manufactures build- 
ing, Agriculture building, Auditorium, Palace of Fine Arts 
and Machinery Hall. The three latter buildings will be per- 
manent structures, built of buff brick faced with terra cotta. 
The site of the exhibition is in the grounds of the Washington 
University, a state institution, and after the event is over the 
permanent buildings and those substantially built will be as- 
sumed by the college and be used for educational purposes. 
The purpose of the exposition, which is to exploit Alaska and 
Yukon and the countries bordering on the Pacific Ocean, is 
receiving much favorable comment throughout the country. 
The opportunity for Flawaii to make a display of its local agri- 
culture products is one which should not be lost sight of. At 
the recent local Poultry and Agricultural exhibition the dis- 
play of the Federal Experiment Station and of the Territorial 
Board of Agriculture demonstrated the immense expanse of 
agricultural industries which is commencing to evidence itself 
in the Territory. Our rapidly growing pineapple interests, 
our sisal products, the splendid possibilities which the islands 
offer to white men who desire to engage in such profitable, 
health-giving, interesting pursuits as the growing of rubber, 
tobacco and vanilla should all be demonstrated. Apart from 
the general opportunity of making our commodities more 
widely known upon the mainland and of introducing them to 
the notice of agents and buyers, the desirability of introducing 
the wonderful agricultural resources of Hawaii graphically to 
an intelligent body of our own race, many of whom will pos- 
sess not merely the desire but the means of establishing homes 
and small agricultural enterprises in the islands, cannot be over 
estimated. 
AVOCADO PEARS. 
The recent exhibition of ripe Avocado Pears in a Honolulu 
store suggests the advisability of endeavoring to establish a 
variety of the fruit which can be relied upon to become ready 
for table use at this season of the year. The cultivation of 
fruit to market either before or after the general season is a 
most profitable enterprise, and the production of choice avoca- 
dos in those months when this fine salad fruit is out of season 
should well repay the experiment. 
