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continued to break out again until the fifth day when a trench was dug 

 around the entire area which was effective in extinguishing it. The 

 other fire was in the Nawaimaka Valley and was put out promptly after 

 about one acre of grass had been burned over. 



The largest fire which has occurred for some time was started, pre- 

 sumably by pig hunters, on July 6, and burned over approximately 5,500 

 acres of open grass pasture and scattered koa and mamani trees on the 

 lands of Kaohe and Kaholalele between the 5000 and 7000 feet eleva- 

 tion on the north slope of Mauna Kea in Hamakua, Hawaii. District 

 Fire AVarden D. S. Maealister of the Kukaiau Kancli discovered the 

 fire on July 7, and wath the aid of his cowboys soon got it under con- 

 trol, but it kept breaking out again on account of dry conditions and 

 >a strong wdnd until July 26 when it spread to the Parker Ranch pad- 

 docks. With combined assistance from both ranches, the burning area 

 was trenched and patrolled and put into a condition which would pre- 

 vent it from spreading any further. It will probably not be completely 

 extinguished until the heavy rains fall. 



INSTRUCTION AT TERRITORIAL SCHOOL. 



From August 1 to IS, I was engaged in delivering lectures on forestry 

 at the Territorial Summer School in camp at Kilauea, Hawaii. These 

 covered two courses, one in "Elementary Forestry" and the other in 

 "The Hawaiian Forests" and seemed to be much appreciated. 



HAWAII TRIP. 



The balance of the month was spent on Hawaii engaged in a great 

 many matters W'hieh required attention such as, cutting of dangerous 

 dead trees along the new concrete Volcano Road in the Panaewa 

 Forest Reserve, four miles out from Hilo; inspection of the Hilo sub- 

 nursery; inspection of new fences and arranging for the construction 

 of others; investigating and conferring with many parties on the adjust- 

 ment of forest boundaries w^here either agricultural land should be 

 eliminated or the forest boundary extended so as to include additional 

 forest land, particularly on the lower line of the Hilo Forest Reserve; 

 inspecting new forest reserve areas and arranging for the elimination 

 of wild stock; collecting koa and other seed and arranging for the se- 

 curing of additional amounts; giving cooperative advice on forest plant- 

 ing and securing recommendations concerning eligibles for appointment 

 as forest rangers and fire wardens. In addition to this, I spent from 

 August 23 to 26 in Kona inspecting the Waiaha Spring and Honuaula 

 Forest Reserves and returned to Honolulu on September 1. Action re- 

 quired on many of the above subjects will be presented to you shortly 

 for consideration by special reports. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. S. JUDD, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



REPORT OF FOREST NURSERYMAN. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, September 6, 1919. 



Superintendent of Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 



Dear Sir: — I herewith submit a report of the principal work done dur- 

 ing the month of August: 



