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ling for fire, preventing trespass, repairing and building fences 

 and planting trees. On August 1, Mr. Hosea K. Lovell suc- 

 ceeded his father, Kaina D. Lovell, who died on June 20, as 

 forest ranger for windward Kauai, and as forest ranger for Ha- 

 waii Mr. A. J. W. Mackenzie on October 1 succeeded Mr. F. B. 

 Dodge, who resigned on June 20 to enter the U. S. Navy. 



In conjunction with the fence construction in the Hilo forest 

 reserve, mentioned above, a special effort has been made during 

 the year to rid the government forest lands of Piha and Laupa- 

 hoehoe of wild cattle. Under hunting permits issued to Mr. H. 

 Meyer and the manager of the Kukaiau Ranch and his em- 

 ployees, over 30 head have been eradicated either by roping or 

 shooting from this region during the year. 



A further effort was made during the last part of the year to 

 rid the Island of Kahoolawe of goats by terminating the rights 

 and privileges which Mr. Eben P. Low may have had on the 

 island and by giving a permit to Mr. James C. Crane to remove 

 the goats from the island. 



Many other permits for goat-hunting and other privileges, 

 consistent with the main purposes for which the reserves were 

 set aside, were issued under Rule II during the year. 



Forest Fires. In spite of a very dry summer season during 

 the year there fortunately were only a few forest fires, none of 

 which did any extensive damage. The first occurred on June 25 

 on the Koolau Range side of the military reservation in Waianae- 

 uka, Oahu, and was extinguished the same day by two troops of 

 the Fourth Cavalry and ninety prisoners from a German war- 

 ship. About 50 acres of mostly grass land were burned over. 

 In August a small grass fire at ]\Iaili, on the Leilehua plateau, 

 Oahu, was extinguished the same day it started. During the 

 same month the menace of homesteaders' clearing fires and the 

 dry condition of the woods at Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, made it ad- 

 visable to appoint Mr. H. S. Rickard as assistant fire warden, 

 and he rendered valuable services in preventing many small forest 

 fires in this region. During August a fire broke out in the Pii- 

 honua woods, Hawaii, but was soon put under control by em- 

 ployees of neighboring plantations working under Fire Warden 

 John A. Scott. An area of about 50 acres was burned over. 

 The last fire, which occurred on September 16, burned over 10 

 acres of waste brush land at Waikapu, Maui, before it was ex- 

 tinguished by a fire warden and his assistants. 



Nezv Forest Reserves. During the year one new reserve was 

 set aside by proclamation of the Governor on April 11, 1917. 

 This was the Panaewa forest reserve, in the land of Waiakea, 

 district of South Hilo, Hawaii, and consisted of 1750 acres of 

 forest land. This brought the total area of land in forest re- 

 serves up to 800,094 acres, of which 68.5 per cent, or over half 

 a million acres, is owned by the Territory. Much work was also 

 done during the year in accomplishing the surveying and other 

 field work necessary for the setting apart of additional acres. 



