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oak trees on the Kealia Reserve, Kauai, and 2050 yellow poinciana on the 

 Lualualei Reserve, Oahu, in Mikilua. It has been rather dry at the latter 

 place lately and only this species, which has stood planting well with the 

 scanty moisture, is being used until there i-s more rain. 



In response to a request sent to the Amereian Consul at Taihoku, For- 

 mosa, on February 6, a supply of seed of Acacia confusa, a tree described 

 in my February report, was received on May 16. Small lots of this seed 

 will be distributed on application to those who wish to try out this tree 

 which has been found most useful in Formosa. 



Complying with a request from the president of the Punahou school for 

 ideas concerning a planting scheme for the school campus, I submitted on 

 May 16 recommendations and a list of trees for such planting, favoring 

 almost exclusively Hawaiian species of trees and shrubs. 



On May 22, a supply of trees was sent over to Waiahole, Oahu, for the 

 first planting on the forest reserve in that region. These consisted of 260 

 molave, Vitex parvi flora, a useful tree of the Philippines which has already 

 done well on the Manoa Ranger Station and which it is believed will be 

 suitable for planting at Waiahole; 15 mahogany and 19 tulipwood, HarimUia 

 pendula. Material has been sent over for a 10 x 10 foot nursery and potting 

 shed where the plants can be handled and cared for preliminary to planting. 



NEW NURSERIES. 



Material for the new nursery at Haiku, Maui, has been ordered and a 

 lease made with Ranger Lindsay for the use of a quarter-acre of land and 

 laborer's house at $10 per month. It is hoped to have the nursery in good 

 running order by July 1, so as to receive orders by then for trees desired 

 on Maui. 



Negotiations are being conducted for the use of a similar area for the 

 Kauai nursery on a part of the Mahelona Memorial Hospital grounds at 

 Kapa'a and it is hoped that it will be possible to start the nursery here at 

 an early date. 



rOREST FENCING. 



Four new forest reserve fencing projects were started during the month, 

 as follows: 



K\ila Forest Eeserve, Maui. Total distance 4.45 miles. The Raymond 

 Ranch has agreed to make stock-proof a distance of 2.65 miles of reserve 

 boundary from the present fence near Puu Keokea running easterly to Ka- 

 lepeamoa, and the Kaonoulu Ranch has agreed similarly to make impassable 

 to stock the 1.8 miles of boundary between Keanoulu and Waiohuli within 

 the reserve, the Division of Forestry furnishing the wire and staples and 

 allowing the use of dead mamani trees on the reserve for posts. This will 

 give complete protection to the area in the Kula Reserve which it is planned 

 to plant up as soon as the cattle are removed ai.d this removal of cattle can 

 be accomplished and they can be kept out only by the construction of these 

 fences. The problem of ridding this reserve of wild cattle, which has vexed 

 us for so long, seems at last about to be solved. 



Sec. C. Olaa Forest Pari- Eeserve, Hawaii. Local residents have agreed 

 to build two sections of fences, 1.14 and .45 miles in length, respectively, on 

 forest reserve boundaries adjacent to their property in Olaa, the wire and 

 staples being furnished by this Division, and Ranger Mackenzie will con- 

 struct .19 mile of fence on a part of the boundary of the new Olaa Reserve 

 where needed at 24 Miles to keep out wandering cattle. 



A short stretch of fence which has hitherto enclosed a part of the land 

 of Mr. L. L. McCandless at Puhawai, within the Lualualei Forest Reserve, 

 is being moved back at the expense of the owner. 



FOREST FIRES. 



On May 6, a fire started at 2:30 p. m. from a brush fire which jumped 



