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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DIllSIONS OF FORESTRY, 

 ENTOMOLOGY AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



Honolulu, July 25, 1912. 



To the Commissioners of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, T. H. 



Dear Sirs : — I beg to transmit herewith, for publication in the 

 Forester and Agriculturist, copies of the Annual Reports of the 

 Superintendents of Forestry, Entomology and Animal Industry 

 for the calendar year 1911. 



Yours truly, 



W. M. GiFFARD, 



President and Executive Officer, Board of Agriculture and For- 

 estry, T. H. 



DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



Honolulu, April 10, 1912. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit as follows a brief re- 

 port covering the main lines of work carried on by the Division 

 of Forestry during the calendar year 1911. 



In conformity with established policy the efforts of the Division 

 were directed chiefly ( 1 ) to measures looking to the maintenance 

 in good condition of the native forests, particularly those set 

 apart as forest reserves, and to the extension of the forest reserve 

 system; (2) to the encouragement of tree planting on govern- 

 ment land and also by private owners, both through advice as to 

 where, what and how to plant and through supplying plant ma- 

 terial free, or at cost price; (3) to the giving of assistance, in 

 person, by letter and by publications to persons desiring informa- 

 tion on forest matters ; (4) to carrying forward, as far as limited 

 funds permitted, the experimental planting of trees and shrubs 

 new to Hawaii; and (5) to protecting local forests from fire 

 through the maintenance of a forest fire organization. 



For the nine months' period from April 1 to December 31, 

 1911, during which a monthly allotment of $3,500 was made to 

 the Board of Agriculture and Forestry for the Conservation 

 Fund for routine work, the amounts expended by the Division of 

 Forestry were for salaries and pay rolls $7,408.65, for current 

 expenses $730.58, a total of $8,139.23. 



