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AN OFFER OF PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO TREE 



PLANTERS. 



[ Issued as Circular No. 1, of tlie Division of Forestry, in Jamiary. 1906.] 

 IXrKODUCTIOX. 



Among the imports into Hawaii for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1905, wood products ranked seventh in value, the 

 total for timber, lumber, door and window fittings, etc., and 

 for furniture, being $528,110. In a price list recently issued 

 by one of the leading lumber dealers in Honolulu ordinary 

 rough lumber, Northwest (Red or Douglas Fir) and Redwood, 

 is quoted at from $30 to $35 per M., while Redivood fence posts 

 are listed at 24 cents each. No stronger commentary is needed 

 on the desirability of a local supply. 



THE OFFER. 



To assist in meeting the demand, the Division of Forestry 

 stands ready, so far as its limited appropriation will permit, 

 to render practical and personal assistance to individuals or 

 corporations desiring to establish forest plantations, wood lots 

 or windbreaks, or to do other forest work. 



This assistance is given in two ways : 



First, by keeping constantly on hand fresh seed of the more 

 important native and introduced trees and also a limited num- 

 ber of nursery grown seedlings of the kinds most in demand; 

 the seed and plants being sold at prices just covering the cost 

 of collection or growing. 



Second, by advice and suggestion as to the kinds of trees best 

 adapted for the purpose, locality and situation of the person 

 desiring to plant, and the methods to be pursued to secure the 

 best results in the planting. 



On each of the larger islands of the HaAvaiian group there are 

 considerable areas of forest, which play an important part in 

 protecting the water sheds of the streams needed for fluming or 

 irrigation, but unfortunately the native Hawaiian trees are 

 for the most part not of economic importance. Where they are 

 of value it is because of their worth as cabinet and other high 

 class woods, rather than because they furnish construction 

 material. To meet the ever growing demand for wood suitable 



