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State departments and also came in direct touch with some of the 

 leading fruit dealers and heads of the steamship lines. These 

 people are very anxious to cooperate with the Division of En- 

 tomology in every wav. They appreciate the firm stand we have 

 taken in regard to infested shipments and are particularly anxious 

 to maintain the large trade they now have with the Islands and 

 will see to it that our demands are complied wnth. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. Ehrhorx, 

 Superintendent of Entomology. 



DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



Honolulu. Oct. 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 October, 1913: 



N'czi' Forest Reserves. 



Pursuant to the required call a public hearing was held on 

 October 8, by the Acting Governor and members of the Board of 

 Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry to consider the crea- 

 tion of four forest reserves on Hawaii and Oahu, of which men- 

 tion has been made in earlier reports. No opposition was offered 

 to any of these projects. On October 13 the Acting Governor 

 signed proclamations establishing the boundaries and setting 

 apart the government lands contained therein. The new reserves 

 are as follows : 



Total Area 



Name District area Gov 't. land 



acres acres 



Kohala Mountain, Kohala and Hamakua, Ha- 

 waii 29,627 14,204 



Upper Waiakea, Hilo, Hawaii 51,800 51,800 



Upper Olaa, Puna, Hawaii 9,280 9,280 



Honolulu Watershed, Honolulu, Oahu 6,950 5,000 



At the same hearing there was considered the modification of 

 a section of the boundary of the Moloaa forest reserve on Kauai. 

 This also was approved by the Acting Governor. With these 

 changes there are now 34 forest reserves in Hawaii, having an 

 aggregate total area of 786,869 acres, of which 540,877 acres, 

 69 per cent, is government land. 



