appeal has been made to the High Sheriff to get it removed by 

 prison labor and we are also trying to dispose of the small branch 

 wood by interesting a charcoal burner in the proposition. 



Immediately after the storm a suggestion was made to the pub- 

 lic through the press to use care in trimming trees injured by the 

 storm by cutting off stubs close to the main trunk and applying 

 creosote or paint to the exposed wood surfaces to prevent rot. 



It was observed that the algaroba suffered most heavily in the 

 storm on account of the shallow root system of this tree, and that 

 the yellow poinciana, on account of its somewhat shallow root 

 system and great weight came next. The coconut and royal 

 palms on account of their smaller exposed surface, but in spite of 

 their small root system, came through the storm remarkably well. 



So far as I have been able to ascertain the storm did practically 

 no damage to the trees in our indigenous forests in the moun- 

 tains. Ranger Hardy reports from Kauai : 



*Tn making my monthly rounds through the mountains I 

 was agreeably surprised to find that the wind storm in No- 

 vember had done very little damage to the standing timber. 

 On the trip across the range to the Hanalei and Kalihiwai 

 Rivers I saw but one tree that had been uprooted by the 

 wind, while in making the same trip in the month of January, 

 1916, I saw hundreds of trees that had been blown down; in 

 fact, my trail in places was entirely obliterated by the tangle 

 of windfall timber." 



NEW FOREST RESERVES. 



The work of examining and setting apart the general forest 

 reserve system in the Territory was completed on the last day of 

 the month when, after a public hearing of the Governor and this 

 Board held on December 31, at the Government Nursery, at 

 which no objections to the new reserves were made. Governor 

 McCarthy signed proclamations setting apart five new reserves 

 and making one addition, thus increasing the total area by 41,355 

 acres. The new reserves are as follows : 



Nonou Forest Reserve, Kauai 818 acres 



Puukapele Forest Reserve, Kauai 4,900 



Mokuleia Forest Reserve, Oahu 6,290 



Hauula Forest Reserve, Oahu 9,193 



Addition to Makua-Keaau Reserve, Oahu 104 



Olaa Forest Reserve, Hawaii 20,030 



Total 41,335 acres 



The present total area of forest reserves in the Territory is 

 now 814,926 acres, of which 554,842 acres or 68% is government 

 land. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. S. JUDD, 



Superintendent of Forestry. 



