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desire to ascertain along what lines their productions may be im- 

 proved. 



The opportunity of obtaining a permit to occupy a definite 

 camp site in the high mountain region of Kauai, where one may 

 be refreshed by the cool climate, entertained by the song- of wild 

 birds, allured by the nimble wild goat and inspired by the 

 grandeur of a great variety of scenery, is now offered by the 

 Division of Forestrv. 



Division of Forestry 



Honolulu, Hawaii, July 24, 1918. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 

 Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit the following routine re- 

 port of the Division of Forestry for the month of June, 1918. 



NEW FOREST RESERVE. 



At the public hearing of the Governor and this Board held at 

 the Government Nursery, Honolulu, on June 19, no objections 

 were raised against the creation of the following new forest re- 

 serves and the Governor, therefore, on the same day signed the 

 proclamations setting them apart : 



Papapaholahola Spring Reserve, Kauai Area, 



Waiahole Forest Reserve, Oahu " 



Keauohana Forest Reserve, Hawaii '' 



Addition to Makawao Forest Reserve, Maui ... '' 



Total area of new reserves 1,758 ^' 



At the same time 1.76 acres on Tantalus Heights were elimi- 

 nated from the Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve, Oahu, 

 for the purpose of perfecting certain necessary exchanges for 

 land needed for the new Round Top road. 



These new projects, including the 28,260 acres of Kahoolawe 

 which were eliminated from the forest reserve on April 20, 1918, 

 leave at the present date a total net area of 773,951 acres in tlie 

 42 forest reserves throughout the Territory. Of this area, 

 521,557 acres or 69 per cent, is government land. 



FOREST RESERVE FENCING. 



Preparations were made during the month for the immediate 

 fencing of the boundaries, where needed, of the new addition 



