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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 

 Division of Forestry. 



ROUTINE REPORTS. 



Board of Commissioners of 



Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu. 



October 30, 1907. 

 Gentlemen : — 



I have the honor to submit the following report covering the 

 routine work of the Division of Forestry from July 29, 1907, to 

 date. 



During this period my own time has been taken up as follows : 

 The first part of August was devoted to various routine matters 

 connected w^ith the work of the Division. Practically all of the 

 time since August 20 I have been in the field, on trips to the other 

 islands having to do with forest reserve projects, forest inspection 

 and examinations of forest land's belonging to private corpora- 

 tions and individuals ; the last under the offer contained in Cir- 

 cular No. I of this Division, wherein the Division agrees to give 

 advice and assistance to owners of forest land in the management 

 of their properties, according to the methods of forestry. 



MAUI. 



From August 20th to 31st I was on Maui, making an examina- 

 tion of the forest planting now going on on the lands of the 

 Alexander and Baldwin interests, in several localities near Haiku ; 

 in an inspection of a portion of the proposed Makawao Forest Re- 

 serve, wdiere there is a question of forest planting; in a visit to 

 the rubber plantations at Nahiku ; and in an examination of cer- 

 tain problems in the Koolau Forest Reserve. At Nahiku I saw 

 in some detail the groves of the several plantations and discussed 

 with the different managers various matters in connection with 

 rubber growing. 



Rubber at Nahiku. 



So far as the growth of the trees goes the outlook at Nahiku is 

 most promising and from all present indications a satisfactory 

 yield of latex seems assured. The problems of finding the best 

 method of tapping and harvesting the rubber, involving as they 

 do the training of skilled workmen, now loom large, but I am 



