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work of the Division of Forestry is not very much in evidence, 

 but in the course of a year it benefits a good many people. As 

 usual, Mr. Haughs' report for the month is transmitted herewith. 

 At the end of June the collections of botanical material belong- 

 ing to the Board of Agriculture and Forestry, with the cases in 

 which they are housed, were transferred from the office of the 

 Board to the new building of the College of Hawaii in ]\Ianoa 

 Valley. The custody of the herbarium is turned over to the Col- 

 lege of Hawaii as a loan, on the condition that the specimens 

 shall be properly cared for and made available for use. This 

 transfer of material marks the close of the active participation of 

 the Board of Agriculture and Forestry in the botanical survey of 

 the Territory, but Mr. J. F. Rock will continue to serve on the 

 Board staff as Consulting Botanist. Incidentally it may be noted 

 that good progress is being made on Mr. Rock's book, "The Na- 

 tive Trees of Hawaii," which is based on the material collected 

 by him while exclusively in the employ of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture and Forestry. 



Very respectfully, 



Ralph S. Hosmer, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



REPORT FOR JULY. 



Honolulu, August 1, 1912. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit as follows the routine 

 report of the Division of Forestry for the month of July, 1912 : 



During this month my own time has been divided between 

 work in the field and in the office. I have made several inspection 

 trips to various forest areas on the Island of Oahu, more particu- 

 larly to government lands in Palolo, Lualualei and Waianae Val- 

 leys, and at Pupukea, as well as to privately-owned forest back 

 of Waialua, Waianae and Kahuku in the well-being of which the 

 government has an interest. 



Toward the end of the month the Government Survey Office 

 completed the technical descriptions of boundary of several forest 

 reserve projects that had for some time been on the waiting list. 

 This permitted the completion of my reports on these proposed 

 reserves, which are now in the hands of the Board, or being typed 

 for transmission. 



TREE PLAXTING. 



During the month a number of corporations and individuals 

 have given advance notice of their desire to secure seedling trees 

 for planting out next winter. It is desirable that such applica- 



