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cies, hybrids, and clones is established on the 
grounds of the experiment station at Wahiawa. 
PUBLICATIONS: Pineapple News, 1927-1936; Pine¬ 
apple Quarterly, 1931-1936. Recent policy has 
been to issue reports of research to the pine¬ 
apple industry, and to publish papers giving the 
results of technical investigations in various 
American and foreign scientific journals. 
research fellowships: Through an arrange¬ 
ment with the University of Hawaii it is pos¬ 
sible for graduate students to prepare their 
theses under the direction of members of the 
research staff and to work in the laboratories 
or at the experiment station. Occasionally re¬ 
search fellowships or research assistantships are 
offered. 
RESEARCH opportunities: Outstanding scientists 
from the Mainland and elsewhere are often 
invited to come to the Institute to work on 
problems of common interest. To such scien¬ 
tists all the facilities of the Institute are made 
available. 
research policy: The Institute arranges co¬ 
operative studies with various scientific agencies 
both in the Hawaiian Islands and on the Main¬ 
land on problems of mutual interest. 
Territorial Board of Agriculture 
and Forestry 
address: Territory of Hawaii, Board of Commis¬ 
sioners of Agriculture and Forestry, King and 
Keeaumoku Streets, P. O. Box 3319, Honolulu 
1, Hawaii. President: Colin G. Lennox. 
purpose: The Board is primarily concerned with 
law enforcement, but does carry on some re¬ 
search. 
subdivisions: Division of Fish and Game, which 
is conducting biological research in fisheries and 
wild life; Division of Animal Industry, which 
carries on bacteriological and pathological re¬ 
search on animal diseases; Division of Ento¬ 
mology, which carries on biological research in 
entomology primarily as it concerns the intro¬ 
duction of insect parasites. Foresters carry on 
field research from time to time. 
persons engaged in research: About nine. 
facilities: Laboratories well equipped for all 
necessary investigations. Laboratory facilities 
for fisheries and wild life research are avail¬ 
able at present through the Department of 
Zoology, University of Hawaii. 
library: The Division of Entomology Library 
consists of about 1,000 volumes, including the 
principal sets of entomological publications. 
collections: Division of Entomology has spe¬ 
cial collections which include fruit flies of the 
world, parasitic insects, and general collections 
made in Africa, Asia, Australia, Mexico, Pana¬ 
ma, and Brazil. A permanent exhibit of eco¬ 
nomically important insects is presented in 
display cases. 
publications: Biennial Report; Division of 
Forestry, Botanical Bulletins 1-6 (1911-1919); 
Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, 1904-1933. 
Staff members have prepared special reports, 
bulletins, and articles. 
research policy: No standing offer of research 
facilities is made, but these have been used on 
several occasions by visiting scientists with the 
Board’s permission. Inquiries should be ad¬ 
dressed to the president of the Board. 
Territorial Board of Health 
address: Territory of Hawaii, Board of Health, 
Kapuaiwa Building, Honolulu, Hawaii. Presi¬ 
dent: Dr. C. L. Wilbar, Jr. 
purpose: General charge, supervision, and care 
of the health and lives of the people of the 
Territory. 
subdivisions: Preventive Medicine; Local Health 
Services; Medical Services; Central Administra¬ 
tion; and Sanitation (including industrial hy¬ 
giene, food and drugs, rodent and mosquito 
control, housing). An active research program 
is carried on by Dr. David S. Bonnet, Medical 
Entomologist, for the control and prevention of 
diseases parried by rodents and mosquitoes. 
facilities: Adequate laboratories are available 
in the health department offices on the various 
islands. 
opportunities for field research: Profes¬ 
sional and administrative personnel are busy 
with ordinary routine duties, but existing pro¬ 
grams offer material for much research. * 
publications: Annual Report. 
research fellowships: From time to time fel¬ 
lowships are offered to members of the Board’s 
medical, nursing, sanitation, laboratory, and 
other staffs. 
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry 
address: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bu¬ 
reau of Animal Industry, 219 Federal Office 
Building, Honolulu 2, Hawaii. Inspector in 
Charge: Dr. A. H. Julien. 
research policy: This bureau is primarily a 
routine inspection agency, and no research pro¬ 
gram is carried on at present. 
U. S. Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine 
address: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agri¬ 
cultural Research Administration, Bureau of 
Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Division of 
Foreign Plant Quarantine, P. O. Box 340, 
Honolulu 9, Hawaii. 
research policy: This division is primarily an 
inspection agency, and no research program is 
carried on at present. (See listing on Fruitfly 
Investigations division below.) 
