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LIBRARY. 



Among the new books recently received may be mentioned the 

 1905 Yearbook of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, D. C. ; 

 pubHcations from the Field Columbian Museum and the U. S. 

 Geological Survey ; Vol. IX of the Tenth Census of the United 

 States, containing Sargeant's authoritative "Forest Trees of 

 North America" ; publications completing a full set of the techni- 

 cal and other Bulletins of the Bureau of Entomology of the U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture; Kellogg's "American Insects," and 

 the Zoological Record for 1904. Some additional volumes from 

 the old Government Librarv- have recently been turned over to 

 the Board, among which are several valuable publications. 



The Library room was used on February 23rd and March 2nd 

 for meetings of the Honolulu Improvement Committee, and on 

 February 8th and March ist by the Hawaiian Entomological So- 

 ciety. 



A'ery respectfully, 



Ralph S. Hosmer> 



Superintendent of Forestry. 



REPORT OF MARCH 22, Ipo6. 



Board of Commissioners of 



Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, Oahu. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit herewith the regular 

 report of the Division of Forestry for the period from March 8th 

 to date. 



During this time, the staff of this Division has been busy in 

 connection with revising for publication the Annual Report for 

 1905, with the preparation of the proclamations declaring the 

 Ewa and Kealia Forest Reserves and other matters in regard to 

 the proposed Honuaula, Kau and Hana reserves. 



On March 20th, I personally examined the upper portion of 

 the land of Waianae-kai, with reference to a proposed forest re- 

 serve in that section. This valley, with the adjoining land of 

 Lualualei, will form the subject of a report to be submitted in 

 the near future. 



In accordance with the suggestion of the District Fire Warden 

 •for Ewa, I issued on March 19th, a special warning notice for- 



