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forest, also hoeing and clearing away grass and vines from the 

 young trees in Makiki Valley. 



The cutting and trimming of the trees will greatly improve the 

 road and a great deal of the best of the timber can be cut up at 

 Makiki Station and used for fence posts, boxwood, etc. We are 

 gradually getting a large quantity of this wood to Makiki, and we 

 will later have it sawed up and used for different purposes. We 

 are also opening up vistas which will prove attractive for tourists 

 and others when the road is repaired. 



ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE. 



The following number of visits were made and advice given 

 e.t the request of people in and around Honolulu : 



^^isits made, 6; advice by telephone, 8; advice by letter, 3 ; 

 advice to people calling, 10. 



Respectfully submitted, 



David Haughs, 

 Forest Nurseryman. 



Division of Entomology 



Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 31, 1918. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — During the month of August the insectary 

 handled 25,500 pupae of the melon fly, from which there were 

 bred 1844 females and 1571 males Opius fletcheri. 



The distribution of parasites was as follows : 



Females. Males. 



OPIUS FLETCHERI. 



Oahu : 



Makiki 180 130 



Nuuanu 450 375 



Hawaii : 



Kapoho 150 80 



Hilo 1195 860 



DIACHASMA TRYO.NI. 



Oahu : Nuuanu 275 300 



Hawaii : Kamuela 110 50 



