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care of the area lumbered, looking- toward the protection of 

 the young* trees remaining and the propagation of additional 

 trees. 



The outlook is full of hope in this connection, for the opera- 

 tions of the Mahogany Lumber Company, not only in con- 

 nection with its lumbering of Ohia ties, but of the Koa 

 forests, is being consistently carried out, both on the part of 

 the forest owners and of the lumbering company, under the 

 direct supervision and advice of the Superintendent of For- 

 estry and subject to the rules and regulations of the Board 

 of Forestry;. 



THE RUBBER INDUSTRY. 



(4). THE RUBBER INDUSTRY AS RELATED TO 

 FORESTRY. 



Systematic rubber planting in Hawaii as an industry was 

 begun three years ago, but until this year there have been no 

 systematic tapping of trees and keeping of statistics of yield, 

 on which to base commercial calculations of the profitableness 

 or otherwise of the business. 



During the past year under the direction of Jared Smith, 

 chief of the Federal Agricultural Experiment Station in Ha- 

 waii, a number of mature rubber trees growing in the Terri- 

 tory have been tapped and statistics kept of the yield. The 

 results are not yet available for publication but sufficient has 

 been learned to make it certain that rubber production will be 

 profitable in this Territory under existing conditions. 



This fact has been accepted to the extent that there are 

 already five incorporated companies planting rubber on a con- 

 siderable scale, besides a large number of individuals planting 

 on a small scale. There have already been planted in the 

 Territory between five and six hundred thousand rubber trees. 

 The first tapping on any scale will take place next summer. 



FORESTRY AND THE PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION. 



From the standpoint of a profitable industry there is great 

 hope in rubber, especially as, although the trees require good 

 soil, they can be grown to advantage in patches scattered 

 through the many small valleys which are found in all the 

 mountain sections of the Territory. The business will there- 

 fore not only be of value in creating a new profitable industry, 

 but will incidentally assist in reforesting the islands, especially 

 where, by reason of inaccessible or smallness of area, it prob- 

 ably would never pay to plant for lumbering purposes. 



Intelligent advice should be sought as to where and when 

 to plant rubber trees, as they will not grow well at either the 



