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The following four projects — the Keauohana reserve on Hawaii, 

 the addition to the Makawao reserve on Maui, the Waiahole re- 

 serve on Oahu, and the Papapaholahola Spring reserve on Kauai 

 — have already received your approval and are now in the hands 

 of the Governor for public hearing preliminary to the issuance of 

 proclamation, and the following five new projects are almost 

 ready for your consideration : the Hauula, Mokuleia, and addi- 

 tion to Makua-Keaau reserves on Oahu, and the Nonou and ad- 

 dition to the Na Pali-Kona reserves on Kauai. These will about 

 complete the work of setting apart forest reserves in the Ter- 

 ritory. 



FOREST EXTENSION. 



Tree Distribution. During the year there was raised at the 

 four government nurseries and distributed for general planting 

 throughout the Territory a total of 353,527 tree seedlings. Of 

 this amount, 80 per cent was received by sugar plantation and 

 ranch companies interested in tree planting. On Arbor Day a 

 total of 12,111 trees was distributed for planting on this occa- 

 sion, which fell this year on November 16. 



Tree Planting. Reports received from tree planters through- 

 out the Territory, which, however, are probably not complete, 

 show that during the year in all 851,053 trees were planted out 

 on the several main islands. This is well above the average 

 number planted annually during the past ten years. One-half of 

 the trees w^ere set out for the purpose of watershed protection 

 and 85 per cent was planted by sugar plantation companies. On 

 account of the importance of a forest cover on water-producing 

 areas the Division of Forestry has concentrated its tree planting 

 on such areas and has continued reforestation work on Kauai and 

 Oahu by the planting out of almost 25,000 trees, mainly koa, 

 during the year, with the result that the planting up of vacant 

 government land on the Honolulu Watershed forest reserve in 

 Manoa and Makiki valleys is about completed. 



The work of planting a few trees of many different species 

 on the Manoa ranger station to test their value for different pur- 

 poses was completed during the year, and in time much useful 

 information will be available as a result of this experimental 

 planting. The successful planting of Jeffrey pine on the slopes 

 of Haleakala assures the possibility of producing timber trees 

 of commercial value at the higher elevations of this island group. 

 During the year 2000 Australian red cedar trees were planted 

 out in dift'erent situations throughout the Territory. This is a 

 new introduction which already gives promise of being of value, 

 since a 15-months-old tree on the Manoa ranger station has 

 already grown 11 feet in height. On Tantalus, at an elevation 

 of over 1200 feet, 20 different species of important timber trees 

 of the Philippines, brought to the Territory by Mr. J. F. Rock, 

 w^ere planted out so as to be producers of seed for general dis- 

 tribution. 



