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tion, so that it will conserve water to the highest degree, the only 

 way to regulate this unconscious damage resulting from the 

 human visitant is by complete exclusion. C. S. J. 



DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY, 

 JULY, 1921. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, August 9, 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 July, 1921: 



FOREST PLANTING. 



On account of the dry conditions in the Waianae District, Oahu, no 

 trees were planted out in the Lualualei Forest Reserve during the month, 

 but the time of the men was devoted to weeding and digging new holes. 

 The trees planted previously in this region are doing well and the sev- 

 eral species of eucalyptus and the silk oak trees especially are growing 

 rapidly. 



In Makiki Valley, in the Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve, 245 koa 

 trees were planted, and in the Waiahole Reserve on Oahu five men were 

 engaged in weeding the kauri pine and araucaria plantation and in dig- 

 ging holes preliminary to further planting on that reserve. 



Through the courtesy of Mr. Clarence Macfarlane, 100 kou and 12 

 coconut trees were planted on Kapapa Island, on the outer reef of Ka- 

 neohe Bay, to determine whether they would survive the expose<l condi- 

 tions on that island, which is under the jurisdiction of this Division. • 



NTJRSERY IMPROVEMENTS. 



A new steam engine arrived for the Makiki Nursery at the end of 

 the month and will be installed as soon as the work of sawing 500 fence 

 spreaders from silk oak logs is completed. The old engine will then be 

 shipped up to Hilo, where it will be installed to run a small sawmill by 

 the Forest Nurseryman, who will at the same time supervise the con- 

 struction of a small seed germination house, which is much needed at 

 the Hilo nursery. 



During the month the Forest Nurseryman, in addition to visiting tree 

 planters on West Maui and giving them advice, inspected the Haiku 

 nursery and found it to be in good shape, with quite a supply of trees 

 on hand. The new soil sterilizer there is in effective running order. 



A personal inspection of the Hilo nursery resulted in finding it in 

 excellent condition. In order to be in a position to supply choice fruit 

 trees to homesteaders and others from this nursery, I have asked the 

 Forest Nurseryman to bring up with him to Hilo one dozen choice alli- 

 gator pear and one dozen choice mango trees, properly quarantined in 

 sterilized soil. These are to be planted at, the Hilo nursery at once, so 

 as to supply grafting material. 



The manager of the Kukaiau Ranch, Hawaii, who maintains a fence 



