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DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



FIoxoLULU, January 8, 1913. 



Hon. \\'. I\[. GiFFARn, President, Board of Agriculture and For- 

 estry, Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Sir : — I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of the 

 Forest Nurseryman covering the work of the Division of Forestry 

 for the month of December, 1912. 



Very respectfully, 



Ralph S. Hosmer, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



REPORT OF FOREST NURSERYMAN. 



Honolulu, December 31, 1912. 



R. S. Hosmer, Esq., Supei-intendent of Forestry, Board of Agri- 

 culture and Forestry, Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Dear Sir : — The following is a report of the principal work 

 done during the month of December : 



A'lirscry. 



In Seed In Boxes 



Boxes. Transplanted. Pot-grown. Total. 



Sold 600 63 663 



Gratis 5,000 1,400 1,290 7,690 



5,000 , 2,000 1,353 8,353 



Collccfioiis. 

 Collections on account of i)lants sold anKuuited to $7.40. 

 Hilo A'lirscry. 



Brother Matthias Newell, in a letter dated January 2, states 

 that he has distributed from his Nursery in ililo 1500 trees in 

 transplant boxes since .'\rlK)r Day and the total for I'M 2 amounted 

 to 12,490 trees, the largest nunil)er for any year since the Nursery 

 was started. 



/•'/;•(' on h'ldi^c, Ewa Side of Kalihi 1 'alley. 



.At 3 P. M. on December 15. 1912. a brush fue was reported 

 to be raging on the I'Lwa side of Kalihi X'alley. The writer went 



