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experiments in which kauri pine, arauearias, and Japanese cedar trees 

 will be planted out -under close spacing conditions. 



The Forestry Division of the H. S. P. A. has kindly turned over to 

 this Division some surplus trees which they can not well use, consisting 

 of 1,000 kauri pine and 2,000 Norfolk Island pine. 



Seed of the following species of trees which I obtained in Hawaii in 

 August have been turned over to the Forest Nurseryman for germination: 

 koa, Acacia Jcoa hawaiiensis; alani, Pelea sp.; olapa, Cheirodendron Gaudi- 

 chaudii; hau kuahiwi, HibiscadcJphus Gifanlianus; and naio, Myoporum 

 sandwicense. 



A supply of 12 pounds of clean koa seed has been secured from the 

 slopes of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, at an elevation of 5000 feet above sea 

 level. 



FOEEST PEOTECTION. 



District Fire Warden D. S. Macalister reports from Kukaiau that 

 from September 5-10, he and his men shot and roped and thus removed 

 from the government land of Piha in the Hilo Forest Eeserve, Hawaii, 

 3 large bnlls, 2 cows, and 4 heifers^ a total of 9 head of wdld cattle. 



On September 16, word was received from Commissioner Giffard of the 

 discovery of an infestation of the fern weevil, Syagrius fuJvitarsis, in the 

 amaumau ferns, Sadleria cyaihemdes, in Section B of the Olaa Forest Park 

 Eeserve at 29 Miles on the Volcano Eoad, Olaa, Hawaii, and on the 

 same day, after consultation wdth President Eice, permission was secured 

 from the Superintendent of Public Works to employ non-citizen labor 

 and instructions forwarded to Eanger Mackenzie to hire a gang of men 

 and undertake at once the clearing up of the ferns under the direction 

 of Commissionar Giffard. Further developments in connection with this 

 infestation are described in my special report submitted herewith. 



KAUAI TEIP. 



From September 19 to 27, I was on the Island of Kauai, after an 

 absence of 15 months, making a general inspection and investigation 

 of matters which required immediate attention. 



KEALIA EESEEVE ELIMINATION. 



A thorough examination was made of a portion of the government 

 lands of Kanialomaloo and Anahola consisting of approximately 760 

 acres of open, treeless, grass land in the Kealia Forest Eeserve and a 

 special report recommending its elimination will shortly be submitted 

 to you for consideration. 



HALELEA FOEEST EESEEVE.- 



A visit to the boundary of the Halelea Forest Eeserve where it is 

 adjacent to the leased lands of Waioli and Hanalei disclosed the fact 

 that the fences, required by the general leases to be built in 1912 and 

 1911, respectively, had not been constructed and that cattle consequently 

 had access to the forest reserve at these points. This matter was at 

 once taken up with the Land Commissioner, w'ho was requested to 

 enforce this provision in the leases. 



FOEEST FIEES AT HANALEI. 



It was also discovered that there had been several recent fires on the 

 Hanalei side of the Hanalei- Waioli ridge. Inquiry from District Fire 

 Wxirden Sanborn, who had not reported them, elicited the infonnation ' 

 that they were started by a native throwing a lighted cigar into the 

 dry staghorn fern. The Warden has been requested to secure all possible 

 evidence which will lead to the arrest and conviction of the responsible 



