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for fattening cattle for the market. The new reserves consisted 

 of the Papapaholahola Spring on Kauai of 54 acres, the Waia- 

 hole on Oahu of 1,169 acres, and the Keauohana on Hawaii of 

 272 acres, and 263 acres were added to the Makawao Reserve on 

 Maui. This brings the total number of forest reserves in the 

 Territory up to 42, with a total area of 773,591 acres, of which 

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

 formal setting apart of four new reserves, data on which are now 

 almost ready, the general forest reserve system for the Territory 

 will be completed. 



Tree planting has progressed during the year at the usuah 

 satisfactory rate and especial attention has been given to refor- 

 estation on water-producing areas. As an example, this Divis- 

 ion has succeeded in completing the reforestation of all open 

 government land in the Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve in 

 Manoa Valley, Oahu, and in May finished the planting out of 

 12,175 koa trees on 63 acres. The reforestation of the open area 

 on the same watershed in the Makiki Valleys has likewise been 

 completed, the native koa tree being used with great success. A 

 great number of new trees from all parts of the world, some suit- 

 able for watershed cover and some suitable for the production of 

 timber, have been planted out in favorable localities to determine 

 how well they will grow here. 



During the past calendar year the four government nurseries 

 under the control of this Division raised and distributed for gen- 

 eral planting throughout the Territory a total of 353,527 tree 

 seedlings. On Arbor Day 12,111 trees were distributed for 

 planting. Reports received from all tree planters throughout 

 the Territory show that during the same period 851,053 trees 

 were planted out on the several main islands. This is well above 

 the average number planted annually during the past decade. 

 One half of these were set out for the purpose of water conserva- 

 tion and sugar plantation companies planted 85 per cent, of them. 



Under special authority granted to the Division by the last 

 legislature a campaign for the protection of bird, animal and 

 vegetable life on the small islands off the windward coast of 

 Oahu was begun. Trespass signs have been placed on the islands 

 and to date 22 trespassers have been arrested and convicted. 



PLANT INSPECTION. 



The work performed by the Chief Plant Inspector and his as- 

 sistants during the past fiscal year consisted of the following : 



1. The inspection of all fruits, vegetables and plants coming 

 into the Territory from foreign countries and the mainland of 

 the United States, to prevent the introduction of pests and plant 



-diseases liable to become injurious to the various agricultural in- 

 dustries of these islands. 



2. The inspection of all fruits, vegetables and plants going 



