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REPORT FOR AUGUST. 



Honolulu, August 30, 1913. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



Gentlemen : — I beg to submit as follows the routine report of 

 the Division of Forestry for August, 1913. 



Returning on August 2 from a field trip to Maui that covered 

 several weeks in July, my own time this past month has been 

 largely spent in the office in attention to various matters of de- 

 tail in connection with forest fencing projects now pending be- 

 fore the Board, and with the preparation for submission to the 

 Board of several rc])orts upon forest reserve matters. 



Inspection Trips. 



During the month I have made several short trips to points in 

 the vicinity of Honolulu to look into questions in regard to the 

 proposed Honolulu watershed reserve, and one to Waiana£, to 

 discuss on the ground with the manager of the Waianae Company 

 the methods to be used in thinning a stand of algaroba trees on a 

 tract of government land for which that company has recently 

 secured a license to gather the beans. 



For some little time certain of the trees along the Pali road, 

 in the plantations started in former years by this Division, have 

 been badly in need of pruning and thinning. About the middle 

 of the month I went over the road with Mr. Haughs, and indi- 

 cated where trees should be pruned and openings for vistas made. 

 A gang of Territorial prisoners furnished by High Sherifif Henry 

 is now engaged, under Mr. Haughs' supervision, in carrying out 

 this work. The essential purpose is by the removal of the lower 

 branches to give an unobstructed view along the road, especially 

 at curves, and also to open up vistas toward the mountains or 

 the sea, where the growth along the roadside has become so dense 

 as to cut off the view. 



During the month substantial progress has been made in the 

 preliminary steps leading to the planting of the open area on 

 Tantalus, on the slopes of Sugar Loaf. As is usual every month, 

 numerous requests for advice about tree planting and for plant 

 material have been received and given attention. I transmit here- 

 with the report of the forest nurseryman which outlines this side 

 of the forest work more in detail. 



Forest Fires. 



Forest fires were reported during August as follows : 



By Air. C. C. Conradt, Pukoo, Molokai. A fire on July 23 that 

 burned over about 100 acres of grass and brush land near Wai- 

 alua, Molokai. 



