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REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF 

 FORESTRY, FEBRUARY, 1921. 



Honolulu, March 17, 1921. 



Superintendent of Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 



Dear Sir: — I respectfully submit the following routine report of my work 

 during the month of February, 1921. 



PALOLO FENCE REPAIRS. 



The first week of this month was given to completing, with the aid of 

 Forest Rangers Ellis and Hippie, the repair of the storm-damaged fences in 

 Palolo and the construction of a new type of swinging gate across Palolo 

 Stream. By relocating the fence and gate approximately 470 feet of fence 

 was made to replace the 700 feet wiiich had been destroyed by the January 

 flood. 



TREE PLANTING IN PUPUKEA. 



In company with Ranger Ellis, an inspection was made of the cooperative 

 tree planting done in the Pupukea Forest Reserve by the Hawaiian Pine- 

 apple Company and by Harumi, an independent grower. Both plantings 

 were completed on January 1, and were found to be satisfactory. 



NEW TRAIL. 



On February 8, I located a short stretch of trail on Round Top above Judd 

 Hillside to replace a very steep and badly built trail which was the only di- 

 rect connection between Manoa Avenue and the Tantalus auto road. The 

 new trail is on a 20% grade and was constructed during the month by 

 Ranger Ellis. 



STORM DAMAGE ON TANTALUS. 



The quarter-acre plantation of Australian red cedar (Cedrela australis) 

 on Tantalus, was somewhat damaged during the January- storms by wind- 

 falls from the Eucalyptus forest surrounding the cedar. Laborers w^ere put 

 to work cutting out the windfalls and clearing out the black w^attle and 

 other undesirable growth from the plot. A few of the cedars were so badly 

 broken that they had to be cut back to the ground, and it is interesting to 

 note that the stumps promptly began to sprout, indicating that the species 

 can be coppiced in Hawaii as well as in its native forests of Australia, 

 While occupied at this work one of the men discovered five cattle in the 

 reserve and drove them to the pound. 



NEW FOREST RESERVE. 



On February 18, I assisted the Superintendent of Forestry in determining 

 the boundaries of a new forest reserve in the private land of Maunalua 

 contiguous to the east boundary of the Kuliouou Reserve. The area was sur- 

 veyed and marked on the same day by a party of surveyors including Mr. 

 Mann, surveyor for the Bishop Estate, owners of Maunalua, and Mr. Newton, 

 Assistant Territorial Surveyor. On this trip also, in pursuance of the con- 

 stant effort of the Division of Forestry to accumulate data on the adaptabil- 

 ity of exotic trees, several dozen trees were planted in the Kuliouou Reserve 

 at an altitude of 1400 feet. The species set out included Araucaria. kauri 

 pine, Brassaia, Macadamia, allspice, lime and koa. 



On Sunday, February 20, I went to Waimanalo Landing to accompany the 

 Hawaiian Motors Club on a trip to Manana Island. The trip being 



