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 COOPERATION WITH THE BISHOP MUSEUM. 



Half a day was spent with Professor Stevens, now enjoying a fellow- 

 ship from the Bishop Museum and Yale University for studying the 

 fungi of these islands, on a leaf fungi collecting trip on the Upper Olaa 

 Forest Reserve. I also collected for him a quantity of specimens from 

 the region on the southwest slope of Hualalai, between the elevations 

 of 2,500 and 7,000 feet. Professor Stevens had previously accompanied 

 me in June to Kauai, where, in the region of Halemanu particularly, he 

 found an exceedingly rich collecting field. 



WORK FOR AUGUST. 



It is planned to complete as much as possible of the investigative 

 work on Hawaii during August. There remain the two reserves in Puna, 

 the south end of the Kau Reserve, the Mauna Kea Reserve, further 

 checking along the readjusted line of the Hilo Reserve, parts of the 

 Olaa Reserve and the addition along the makai line of the Upper Waia- 

 kea Reserve. Since some of this means foot w^ork in jungle country, 

 which is necessarily slow, it is more than likely that the larger part of 

 August must be spent in the completion of the necessary inspections. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. S. JUDD, 

 Superintendent of Forestry 



REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY, 



JULY, 1921. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, August 8, 1921. 

 Superintendent of Forestry, 

 Honolulu, T. H. 



Dear Sir: 



I respectfully submit the following report of my activities during 

 July, 1921: 



The makai boundary survey of the Hilo Forest Reserve has been 

 extended by Mr. Hockley's crew during the month from Waawaa 

 Stream to Pohakupuka Stream, a distance of approximately 5.8 miles. 

 Pipes have been placed at points indicated on the progress map on file 

 in the office. On July 12, Mr. L. W. Bryan, a forester assigned to the 

 Hilo Forest Reserve by the H. S. P. A. Experiment Station, presented 

 himself, and from that time forth w^orked with the survey party in 

 order to acquaint himself thoroughly with the Hilo Forest. The nature 

 of the country traversed by the survey in July, and especially the ar- 

 rival of Mr. Bryan, permitted me to be away from the survey party 

 during most of the month, and to give my attention to forest matters 

 in other parts of the Island of Hawaii. 



In company with the Superintendent of Forestry, w^ho reached Hilo 

 on July 8, I attended the dedication of the Kilauea Section of the Ha- 

 waii National Park. This simple ceremony occurred, appropriately 

 enough, at the brink of the fire-pit of Kilauea on July 9. 



During the following week I accompanied the Superintendent on an 

 inspection of the Hilo Forest Reserve boundaries in Punahoa and Pii- 

 lionua, and also on a visit to Wood Valley in the Kau Reserve. In 

 Piihonua it was decided to include within the reserve two small areas 

 of unencumbered government land which are now covered by dense 

 forest and are apparently unsuited to other purposes. 



A trip was also made into the Kau Desert to examine a small, iso- 

 lated grove of koa trees reported by Professor Jaggar. The grove, 



