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 DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



KEPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY, 

 MARCH, 1921. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, ]\[arcli 31, 1921. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen : 



I respectfully submit the following report of the Division of Forestry 

 for the month of March, 1921 : 



TREE PLANTING. 



During the month 2,046 koa and 1,357 ironbark (Eucalyptus crebra) 

 were planted at Mikilua in the Lualualei Reserve, 220 koa and 30 Australian 

 red cedar (Cedrela australis) on Tantalus in the Honolulu Watershed Forest 

 Reserve, Oahu, and 14 miscellaneous trees at Polipoli in the Kula Forest 

 Reserve on Maui ; total, 3,667 trees. 



On March 21, 200 seeds of the chaulmoogra oil tree (Hydnocarpus cas- 

 tanea) were received through the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association 

 from Mr. J. F. Rock. These came from the Martaban Hills near Mauhnain 

 in Lower Burma and were planted at once in our nursery. 



On March 26, approximately 8 pounds of seed of the Moreton Bay fig 

 (Ficus macrophylla) received through the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Associ- 

 ation from Mr. C. E. Pemberton at Sydney were broadcasted in the forest 

 reserve at Hauula, Oahu, in the effort to determine whether this method 

 of propagation is feasible and will produce any positive results. 



The Forest Nurseryman has been requested to supply missing labels for 

 the trees in the arboretum at the Government Nursery on King Street so 

 that the trees in this interesting collection may be more readily identified 

 by visitors. 



FOREST FENCING. 



Work on eight fencing projects was continued or initiated during the 

 month as follows : 



1. Kealia Forest Reserve, Kauai. Ranger Lovell repaired an aggregate 

 of 523 feet of boundary fence in places where the storm had weakened it. 



2. Lualualei and Makua-Keaau Forest Reserves, Oahu. During the 

 month a total of 600 feet of fence was repaired on the boundaries of these 

 two reserves. This work consisted of resetting loose posts and placing 

 more spreaders on the wires and was performed by a laborer from the 

 Mikilua Nursery. Ranger Kapahu, who resigned on March 1, had not 

 kept up this work properly and had allowed the fences to remain in a 

 weakened condition. I have instructed one of the nursery laborers to ride 

 the fences two days each week so as to keep them in good stock-proof 

 condition. 



3. Hauula Forest Reserve, Oahu. As a result of a complaint made to 

 the Commissioner of Public Lands, the fence on the boundary of the 

 government land in this reserve was repaired during the month. Approxi- 

 mately 1,500 feet received attention, the work consisting chiefly of replacing 

 hau with redwood posts and reconstructing the water gates in the gulch 

 bottoms. 



4. Kula Forest Reserve, Maui. Ranger Ellis continued with the work 

 of closing up the gap between Kanahau and Kalepeamoa, 4,332 feet in 



