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jointly by the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company and the 

 Maui Agricultural Company, under a plan drawn up by me last 

 autumn. The general purpose of the planting is to establish 

 shelter belts to assist in the return of the native forest on areas 

 where large numbers of trees died a few years since and to start 

 stands of thrifty trees in places now without useful vegetation. 



Under the general direction of Mr. W. F. Pogue, the work is 

 in charge of Mr. W. E. Saffery. Since October last some 14,000 

 trees have been set out, principally eucalyptus, of species that 

 have been shown by experience to do well in the wet and exposed 

 locations where the planting has to be done. 



It is encouraging to note that the native Hawaiian forest shows 

 every indication of recovery. There has apparently been no set- 

 back since the trees started to grow again and undergrowth of 

 certain desirable kinds is considerably more in evidence now than 

 it was a year ago when I visited Koolau. 



Plans for continuing the planting and for further assisting the 

 return of the native vegetation were discussed in detail on the 

 ground with the men in charge. Now that the work has been 

 got well under way progress will be more rapid, but the record 

 for the last six months is a decidedly satisfactory one. 



Forest Planting at Kailiili. 



On my return from Kailua I stopped for a day with Mr. Walde- 

 mar Hannestad at Kailiili. particularly to arrange with him about 

 the planting of a portion of the Makawao forest reserve, a gov- 

 ernment land. This work is being done under an agreement 

 made some two years ago with the ]\Iaui Agricultural Company 

 whereby trees are being planted in return for the right to remove 

 dead wood. On the fee simple lands of the Maui Agricultural 

 Co. at Kailiili, Mr. Hannestad has this winter planted out about 

 170,000 seedling trees. Unusually cold weather has retarded the 

 growth of trees all over Maui but with the coming warm months 

 the trees set out will grow rapidly. For several years now the 

 Maui Agricultural Company has planted about 100 acres of forest 

 a year at Kailiili, principally Eucalyptus globulus, and E. ro- 

 bust a, and Japanese Cedar. For the most part the trees are set 

 5x5 feet, or 1750 to the acre, thus making a close stand. The 

 purpose is to produce timber and wood. A fine forest is being 

 produced. 



Other Forest Planting Projects. 



Of other tree planting projects in progress on government land 

 I am glad to report that the planting of the Kohala mountain 

 above Waimea village is going ahead well. Dry weather during 

 the late fall and early winter delayed planting, but in the last 

 two months many trees have been set out. Mr. A. W. Carter 

 reports that but very few indeed of the trees planted last year 

 died during the winter. Considering the adverse conditions of 



