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TREE PLANTING. 



Replies were received from Z6 tree planters in the Territory, 

 out of a possible total of 55, showing by species the number of 

 trees set out during 1917 and the purpose of planting. It is 

 planned to obtain replies from the remaining tree planters so as 

 to make complete the statistics for the year. 



On government land in Manoa Valley within the Honolulu 

 Watershed forest reserve, in addition to the regular planting of 

 koa trees on well-drained soil and the ridges, a start on a small 

 scale has been made in the planting of certain introduced species 

 of trees recommended by our consulting botanist for wet forest 

 regions. These trees have been planted in one of the small val- 

 leys, which is easy of access and which can be kept under close 

 observation, and include species of ficus and the African tulip 

 tree, Spathodea canipanulata. A quantity of seedlings of the 

 indigenous Papala kcpau, Pisonia inermis, raised in the nursery 

 from seed collected by Ranger Lindsay on Maui, has also been 

 planted in Manoa on the dryer ridges. 



On Kauai, Ranger Lovell planted during the month 150 silk 

 oak trees on open land along the makai boundary of the Kealia 

 reserve in the general plan for protecting the native forest further 

 mauka. 



Attention is called to the fact that the Government Nursery 

 distributed during January at cost a total of over 155,000 young 

 trees for general planting throughout the Territory, thus aiding 

 on a large scale the reforestation of open land in the islands for 

 various purposes. 



FOREST RESERVE MATTERS. 



The manager of the Kukaiau Ranch reports that the cooperat- 

 ive fence for the protection of government lands in the Hilo for- 

 est reserve near Piha, Hawaii, is nearing completion and that 

 progress is being made, in spite of the heavy rains, in ridding the 

 forests of this region of wild stock, one large wild bull and two 

 wild cows having been killed during the month. 



A form of permit for camping on unleased open government 

 land within the Na Pali-Kona forest reserve, Kauai, was per- 

 fected during the month, preparatory to its adoption by the Board. 



New annual permits were issued early in the month to the old 

 Hawaiian squatters in Lower Makiki V^alley within the Honolulu 

 Watershed forest reserve. 



FOREST PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT. 



The encroachment of dairy cattle in the native forest on the 

 Pacific Heights ridge was investigated with Ranger Hippie and 

 it was found that the animals were damaging the native vines 



