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Honolulu Watershed Planting. 



The cutting and pruning of the trees along the Tantalus road 

 running through the planted forest occupied most of the time 

 during the month. The work is now finished and should the 

 county officials see their way clear to do a little repair work on 

 the road it would greatly benefit those who have to travel over it. 



Advice and Assistance. 



The writer has made visits and otherwise given advice and as- 

 sistance as follows : 



Calls made, 6 ; advice bv telephone, 8 ; advice given at Nursery, 

 10. 



Respectfully submitted, 



David Haughs, 

 Forest Nurseryman. 



REPORT FOR OCTOBER. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, November 18, 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 October, 1918: 



Hawaii Trip. 



From the first of the month to October 8, I was still on Ha- 

 waii with the Governor's party making an inspection of govern- 

 ment lands. The following received my special attention : 



In company with County Engineer A. C. Wheeler I looked 

 over the lower boundary of the Hilo Forest Reserve on the gov- 

 ernment land of Piihonua. The koa trees which were reported 

 to have been attacked during the previous summer by a defoliat- 

 ing moth had entirely recovered and were in apparently good 

 condition. Several miles of the boundary were examined and 

 it was ascertained that additional land too high for cane and too 

 heavily forested for homesteads could well be added to the re- 

 serve. During the next dry season it is planned to have the 

 boundary on Piihonua relocated by a Government surveyor so 

 as to include these lands in the reserve and ascertain just where 

 fencing will be needed. This is an important project because 

 the area is all tributary to the domestic water supply of the town 

 of Hilo. 



With Forest Ranger A. J. W. Mackenzie I made arrange- 

 ments for fencing up the pieces of land in Sec. C. of the Olaa 



