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length, on the niauka boundary of this reserve. The work, at an elevation 

 of 8,000 feet, has been performed under many diflSculties which Ranger 

 Ellis has been able to overcome. American fencing 58 inches high has 

 been used for the larger part of the fence but in^ the most exposed situa- 

 tion stones are being used for the fence. 



5. Koolau Forest Reserve, Maui. The repairing of the boundary fence 

 back of the old Nahiku homesteads, which is being done by three laborers, 

 continued during the month and approximately one mile received attention. 

 The wire is being replaced in parts and some new posts are being set so as 

 to strengthen the fence. 



6. Olaa Forest Park Reserve, Section C, Hawaii. Ranger Mackenzie 

 has strengthened the boundary fence on parts of this reserve in the boggy 

 country near Glenwood by adding 100 new posts. 



7. Olaa Forest Park Reserve, Section C, Hawaii. The work of con- 

 structing a new fence along the Volcano Road to protect the reserved 

 strips between 19 and 22 Miles is nearing completion. The work is being 

 done by Y. Tanaka and the wire supplied by this Division. The total 

 length of the fence is 2.52 miles. 



8. Honuaula Forest Reserve, Hawaii. On March 19, the reconstruction 

 of the fence on the mauka boundary of this reserve, involving a distance 

 of 1.6 miles, Avas completed. This Division Avorked on this project in co- 

 operation with the ranch manager of the John A. Maguire Estate and 

 the Greenwell Ranch. The fence which had suffered from storm damage 

 was thoroughly repaired and made sheep-proof on the mauka side. A 

 joint drive resulted in the removal of practically all stock from the reserve. 

 The inanagers of these tAVO ranches haA'e mutually decided to shoot any 

 remaining stock which may be found in the reserve and which cannot be 

 driven out. 



FOREST PROTECTION. 



On March 6, the President and officials of this Division accompanied 

 twenty-five members of the Legislature on a visit to the Waianae-Kai 

 Forest Reserve AA-here the beneficial results obtained by forest protection in 

 relation to water conservation Avere forcibly demonstrated. 



TAventy new standard forest reserve monuments were ordered during 

 the month for use in the demarcation of the new Waimanalo Forest Reserve 

 and on unmarked corners of established reserves. 



FOREST FIRES. 



The following two forest fires were reported during the month: March 

 7, 1921. Wahiawa, Oahu. At 7 o'clock p. m. District Fire Warden A. A, 

 Wilson reported a fire of unknown origin on the ridge between the Poa- 

 moho and the north fork of the Kaukonahua Streams. The fire started at 

 2 o'clock p. m, but was extinguished by nightfall the same day with the 

 aid of 200 laborers of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company at a cost of $200. 

 Approximately 50 acres of ground Avas burned over, 75 per cent of Avhich 

 was covered with trees and ferns and the balance with Hilo grass. Although 

 two indiA'iduals were seen coming away from the burning area, it was not 

 possible to secure any evidence which Avould lead to the conviction of the 

 person who started the fire. 



March 13-17, 1921. Punahoa 2 and Piihonua, Hawaii. District Fire 

 Warden James Henderson reported a fire which started at 9 o'clock a. m. 

 on March 13, on pasture land, in Kaumana two miles back of Hilo, and 

 burned over approximately 150 acres of mostly grass land and new tree 

 growth on the 1881 lava floAv before it was extinguished on March 17. The 

 bill for labor in extinguishing this fire, furnished by the Hilo Sugar Com- 

 pany and the Hawaii Mill Company, amounted to $778.25. The fire origi- 

 nated from the burning of pasture land by J. E. Gamalielson at a time 

 when there had been no rain for ten days. The setting of a fire at such 



