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to the Makawao Forest Reserve on Alaui under the supervision 

 of Ranger Lindsay. Natural barriers keep stock from a part 

 of the forest, but about 4,500 feet of fence is needed to give the 

 forest complete protection. 



The resolution passed by the Board on June 6, requesting the 

 Commissioner of Public Lands to enforce i-he requirements in 

 General Lease No. 730 concerning the fencing of the boundaries 

 of the Makua-Keaau Forest Reserve, Oahu, was duly delivered 

 but, so far as can be ascertained, no action has been taken up to 

 this date. 



ELIMINATING STOCK FROM FOREST RESERVES. 



During the month several permits were issued for hunting un- 

 branded wild cattle and wild goats on unleased government lands 

 on the forest reserves of Kauai and Oahu, provided as full use 

 as possible is made of the animals that are killed. By issuing 

 such permits to responsible parties it is believed that much pro- 

 gress can be made in ridding the forests of a large amount of 

 wild stock. 



On the advice of the President, on June 12, I addressed simi- 

 lar letters to Dr. J. H. Raymond and Mr. H. W. Rice, advising 

 them to remove from the Kula Forest Reserve, Maui, whatever 

 cattle they claimed ownership to, by August 1, 1918, and that 

 after that date, Rule II in regard to cattle grazing on the forest 

 reserve would be strictly enforced. Amenable replies have been 

 received from both of these gentlemen who have expressed the 

 intention of complying with the above rule. 



FOREST PLANTING. 



The planting gangs in Manoa and Makiki devoted the month 

 to cleaning the weeds and grass from around planted trees and 

 in replanting blanks. On Kauai, Ranger Lovell planted out 226 

 silk oak trees on the Kealia Reserve. 



TERRITORIAL FAIR. 



The forestry exhibit at the First Territorial Fair held on June 

 10 to 1.5, at Kapiolani Park, Honolulu, as a part of the Board's 

 exhibit, attracted a great many interested visitors. Of special 

 interest was the collection of large bamboos kindly furnished 

 by Dr. B. D. Bond of Kohala, Hawaii, and the working erosion 

 model which actually demonstrated in a very telling and simple 

 manner the beneficial efifects of a forest cover in retarding the 

 runoff and in preventing excessive erosion. 



CAMPING SITES. 



From June 20 to 29, I was on Kauai, with a government sur- 

 veyor marking on the ground the camping sites for which ap- 



