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HONOULIULI. 



A trip was made to Kunia on March 8 to recover a number of boundary 

 pipe markers which were sent there during Mr. Hosmer's administration 

 for the purpose of monumeuting the then proposed Honouliuli Eeservo. 

 This reserve, however, has never been proclaimed, and the fifty-four pipes, 

 collected by the local luna of the Libby plantations, were brought back 

 to Honolulu to be used wherever needed on other reserves. The vicinity 

 of Kunia, where a few years ago stood a thrifty eucalyptus forest planted 

 by Mr. A. W. Van Valkenberg, is now given over entirely to pineapple 

 culture. Nothing remains of the former forest but two rows of trees 

 sheltering the laborers ' camps and a pile containing several thousand cords 

 of firewood. 



WAHIAWA FIRE TRESPASS. 



On March 10 an inspection was made, in company with Dr. Lyon ano 

 Mr. MacEldowny, of the area recently burned in Wahiawa at the edge of 

 the Ewa Reserve. Two small gulches were included in the burn comprising 

 some fifty acres, and it is likely that most of the forest growth of koa, 

 kukui and tree fern will die as a result of the fire. I took several photo- 

 graphs of the area and scattered seeds of the following species: California 

 big tree, African tulip or flame tree, Hawaii koa, and silk oak. Since the 

 ground in many places was burned quite bare it is hardly probable that 

 natural reproduction will occur to any great extent, although the removal 

 of overhead shade might stimulate the native koa seed which is stored in 

 the ground. It was apparent that the fire had started in one of the gulches 

 and swept up the surrounding slopes to the edge of the plateau where it 

 was stopped; but nothing could be learned of how it started. 



TIMBER MARKING. 



On March 11, at the request of Mr. O, St. John Gilbert, I marked for 

 cutting several acres of algaroba forest on government land in Nanakuli 

 Valley covered by a general lease from the Land Ofiice. Trees to be left 

 standing were blazed and stamped at breast height and at the ground, 

 the spacing of marked trees being from 30 to 40 feet. Marking was done 

 with a view to leaving trees which seemed to promise the highest produc- 

 tion of beans and honey, the unmarked trees being cut into firewood by 

 Japanese laborers in Mr. Gilbert's employ. It is expected that the thin- 

 nings will result in accelerated growth of the remaining trees with a conse- 

 quent increase in blossom and bean production. 



HAUULA FOREST RESERVE. 



In company with the Superintendent I made a trip to the windward 

 side of Oahu on March 25 and 26. On this occasion several pounds of 

 seed of the Moreton Bay fig (Ficns macrophylla) were sown broadcast in 

 a valley of the Hauula Forest Reserve, also where the forest reserve 

 boundary fence was inspected. 



KALIHI VALLEY. 



One day was spent in Kalihi Valley in an effort to locate some of the 

 Australian wallabies which were reported to be multiplying rapidly in the 

 upper valley. No sign of wallabies was found, but the condition of the 

 upper valley, from the standpoint of forestry, was found to be very bad 

 as a result of unrestricted grazing. A memorandum covering this phase 

 of the situation has been prepared. 



Respectfullv submitted, 



C. J. KRAEBEL, 

 Assistant Superintendent of Forestry. 



