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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 
Division of Forestry. 
ROUTINE REPORT. 
Honolulu, July 15, 1908. 
Board of Commissioners of 
Agriculture and Forestry. 
Honolulu, Hawaii. 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit the following report 
from the Division of Forestry covering the period from April 1 
to date : 
By invitation of Governor Frear, it was my privilege to attend 
the Conference on Natural Resources at Washington in May, as 
one of the three delegates from Hawaii. Leaving Honolulu on 
April 22 I arrived in Washington some days before the opening 
of the conference. This allowed time for a visit to Philadelphia, 
where Mr. Gartley and I had an interview with Professor John 
W. Gilmore, of Pennsylvania State College, to whom we tendered 
the position of President of the College of Agriculture and Me- 
chanic Arts of this Territory. As you know, Professor Gilmore 
accepted this position and within a short time will be on the 
ground. 
The Conference on Natural Resources was held at the White 
House from May 13 to 15 and was a very notable gathering. It 
is unnecessary here elaborately to discuss the meeting or to give 
abstracts of what was said. The full report given in the June is- 
sue of "Forestry and Irrigation" has already been widely distri- 
buted throughout this Territory. Enough to say that it was a 
meeting which will be far-reaching in results. 
Perhaps the most impressive feature of the conference was the 
harmony of opinion in regard to the need and importance of a 
more rational use of the natural wealth of the nation, and the 
broad, non-sectional spirit that animated all the speakers. This 
truly national note was indeed the dominant characteristic of the 
conference ; it argues well for the future. 
There is no question but that the Conference on Natural Re- 
sources will be the starting point of a number of movements hav- 
ing more or less definitely to do with the conservation of forests 
and minerals, as well as the systematic development of our inland 
waterways. The date of the meeting is one that will long be 
remembered as significant in the history of the nation. 
The value of such a conference is by no means confined to the 
papers to which one listens. Fullv as much is gained by meet- 
ing workers in one's own profession and discussing with them 
