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Altogether the report is the most interesting that has come 

 from the Board of Agriculture and Forestry, showing as it clearly 

 does the many directions in which this department of the Terri- 

 torial government is being of practical service to the people of 

 the Territory. A note on the cover, giving a list of the board's 

 publications, says that this report, as well as the other printed 

 matter put out by the board, wall be sent free to any resident of 

 the Territory upon request. 



DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



The 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 January, 1913. 



BIENNIAL REPORT. 



During practically the whole of the month my own time has 

 been taken up with the preparation of the biennial report of the 

 Division of Forestry for the years 1911 and 1912, and in getting 

 ready for presentation to the Legislature certain other data re- 

 quired by the Board in connection with forest work. This re- 

 port of the division, now in the hands of the printer, sets forth 

 in detail what has been accomplished during the past period, with 

 a general statement of the reasons why the necessity for practical 

 forestry must always remain one of the essential needs of this 

 community. When printed the report wnll be available for gen- 

 eral distribution. 



PLANT DISTRIBUTION. 



The report of the forest nurseryman shows that during this 

 winter a large number of tree seedlings are being sent out to 

 sugar plantation companies for forest planting. One corporation 

 on Oahu alone has ordered half a million seedlings for delivery 

 this winter. A part of this lot goes forward early in February. 



In this connection it may be permissible to repeat from my 

 biennial report the totals from a table showing the number of 

 trees reported planted by corporations throughout the Territory 

 during the past two vears. For 1911 the figure is 1,134,940; for. 

 1912, a little larger total, 1.303.698. Had it not been for the dry 

 season the figure for 1912 would undoubtedly have been consider- 

 ably larger than this. In 1908 a similar estimate totaled 498,677. 

 These figures show conclusively that the arguments as to the 

 value of tree planting have made an impression. As the years go 

 by those who have planted stands of trees will have more and 

 more reason to be glad that they did so. 



