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small seedlings of the following species which were transplanted 

 and will be held in the nursery until ready for final planting: 

 Koa, wiliwili, yellow poinciana, kassod, gum arable and monkey- 

 pod. 



With the Forest Nurseryman one day was spent in inspecting 

 the planting of trees on Water Reserve A, Pupukea, Oahu, which 

 is being done by L)ibby, McNeill & Libby under the agreement 

 between this Board and Macfarlane & Robinson of March 18, 

 1914, which was transferred to them on July 21, 1916. It was 

 found that the work was being done in a substantial manner and 

 that 1^ acres had been made ready for the trees by plowing and 

 hole digging. 



On December 20, reply post cards were sent out to all tree 

 planters in the Territory with the request that they submit to 

 this Division for regular statistical purposes the number of trees 

 by species set out during 1918 and the purpose of planting. 



During the month the measurement of the trees, in the euca- 

 lyptus plantation established in 1911 in Nuuanu Valley, taken 

 five years after planting were finally worked up and the results 

 in height and diameter growth and yield in cubic feet of wood 

 and in cord per acre are given in the attached report. Owing to 

 certain adverse conditions, the trees on the whole have not shown 

 up remarkably well as compared to other standards, but of all the 

 trees the Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) gives the greatest 

 promise with a maximum height of 34 feet, a maximum diameter 

 of 6 inches and a yield of 4.51 cords per acre. 



FOREST PROTECTION. 



Ranger Hardy reports that the horses which were being pas- 

 tured on Kumuwela Ridge in the Na Pali-Kona Forest Reserve, 

 Kauai, a matter which I touched on in my November report, have 

 been removed from the reserve. 



At the suggestion ojf Commissioner Giffard I secured an opin- 

 ion from the Attorney General of the Territory dated December 

 19, 1918, as to how far one could go in exterminating, without 

 compensation, privately owned stock running wild on land held 

 as forest reserve, and this will be used as a basis in drafting a new 

 law to authorize such extermination which will soon be presented 

 to you for consideration. 



WIND STORM. 



The wind storm of December 3 did considerable damage to the 

 algaroba trees in the Animal Quarantine Station on Ala Moana, 

 Honolulu, and to a few of the trees in the grounds at the Gov- 

 ernment Nursery on King Street; and in the lower part of the 

 eucalyptus forest on Tantalus 175 trees were thrown across the 

 road and many others uprooted. We have been attempting to se- 

 cure a purchaser for the wood in these eiicalyptus trees but, on 

 account of the abundance of the better algaroba wood available 

 for market, no one will even look at this eucalyptus wood. An 



