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tions. A special committee of the Chamber has been looking 

 further into the subject and a report is expected from them after 

 the next regular meeting of this Chamber to be held in December. 



Forest Planting. 



During the month Ranger Lovell planted 200 swamp maho- 

 gany trees on the Kealia Reserve, Kauai, and the other planting 

 gangs cleared new land for planting and dug holes for trees. . 



A supply of 12 lbs. of seed of the New Zealand karaka tree, 

 Corynocarpiis laevigate, which makes a good watershed cover, 

 was obtained from Kauai through Ranger Hardy and 3 lbs. were 

 hajided over to the H. S. P. A. for use in reforestation work in 

 their Kohala unit of forest operations. The remainder was dis 

 tributed to Rangers Mackenzie and Lindsay for planting on 

 reserves and to interested tree plante'rs living at the higher eleva- 

 tions on Hawaii. 



Sugar Loaf Forest. 



On October 28, I took Governor McCarthy along the trails on 

 Sugar Loaf and showed him the koa forest planted by this Divi- 

 sion five years ago. The trees which were planted 14 by LS 

 feet apart now form a complete crown canopy over the ground 

 and compose as charming a young forest as one would wish to 

 see. The Governor was very much delighted with it and much 

 enlightened as to the suitability of our native koa for reforesta- 

 tion purposes. 



Arbor Day. 



On Friday, November 22, the annual celebration of Arbor 

 Day will be observed. In preparation for this, the Forest Nur- 

 seryman has prepared a stock of trees for distribution to those 

 who desire to plant on this day. 



Nezv Forest Reserves. 



During the month reports on five proposed new forest reserves 

 were completed and are submitted at this time for your consid- 

 eration. They are the Nonou and Puu Ka Pele on Kauai, the 

 Mokuleia and Hauula on Oahu and the Olaa on Hawaii. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. S. JUDD, 

 Superintendent of Forestry, 



