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and I am pleased to report that my observations failed to reveal 

 any evidence of the presence of the fern pest, nor could anyone 

 report having observed any injury to their ferns. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. Ehrhorn, 

 Superintendent of Entomology. 



DIMSION OF FORESTRY. 



Honolulu, July 31. 1913. 

 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 July, 1913: 



During the first fortnight of the month I was in Honolulu 

 engaged with routine work, in part pertaining to the closing of 

 the former fiscal period and with getting under way forest pro- 

 jects under the new financial allotment. A brief report of the 

 work of the Division of Forestry for the past fiscal year was pre- 

 pared and sent to the Governor to be included in his annual re- 

 port. 



Forest Planting on Tantalus. 



Pursuant to directions of the Board, a plan was worked out 

 early in the month, on the ground, for the replanting with native 

 Hawaiian trees, koa and kukui, of the slopes of Sugar Loaf, at 

 the head of the side valley running up from Makiki, below Round 

 Top. Koa seedlings already in the nursery will be set out as soon 

 as there is favorable weather for planting. In the meantime work 

 has been started on a service trail across the slope. The upper 

 slopes will be planted with koa ; lower down in the valley kukui 

 will be used. A supply of kukui seedlings is now being g\)t ready. 



Inspcctio)i 7'rlf^ — Bisho(> llstatc Land, J\a':^'ailoa. 



On July 10, in comi)any with Mr. G. H. Gere, 1 made an in- 

 spection of certain wood cutting operations on a tract of Bishop 

 Estate land at Kawailoa, Oahu. which I followed by a letter of 

 recommendations to the trustees. X'isits of this character form 

 a regular part of the duty i»t' the Division of I'orestry. ['\)nu 

 recjuest advice upon any sort of forest work will be furnished any 

 owner of forest land, the only jM'oviso being that the api)licant 

 ])■,{}■ the traveling exi)enses of the agent sent. 



