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FENCING REQUIEEMENTS. 



During the course of my forest inspections the following instances 

 of unfulfilled fencing requirements or of incorrectly located fences came 

 to my attention and were at once reported to the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands with the suggestion that he compel the lessee or homesteader to 

 comply at once with the fencing requirements on the proper lines: 



1. Waiakea homestead lot 1417, Mrs. Salai K. Kahoa. No fence on 

 the mauka boundary of her lot and cattle found roaming mauka of her 

 liomestead in the government forest around the flume heads. 



2. Waiakea homestead lot 1517, Isabella N. Keanu. Same condi- 

 tion as above. 



3. Kau Forest Reserve, lower southwest corner, at Waikaaloa, re- 

 quired by general leage 550 of Kiolakaa to Hutchinson Sugar Plantation 

 Vo. to be fenced. Fence found in poor condition and not stock-proof, 

 vvith large opening and no gate, so that cattle were getting into the re- 

 serve. 



4. Hilo Forest Reserve. Weloka, general lease 9i6 to Laupahoehoe 

 Sugar Co. Supposed to be adjacent to makai forest reserve boundary, 

 but upper fence of lease found to be about 700 feet mauka in the forest 

 reserve. 



5. Hilo Forest Reserve. Laupahoehoe, general lease 92() to M. P. 

 Silva. Very frail fence found to be 1,330 feet at the NW. corner and 

 .'42 feet at the SW. corner mauko of the correct forest reserve boundary, 

 and as a result about 98 acres of forest reserve land were being illegally 

 grazed and the forest cover thereon destroyed. 



6. Hilo Forest Reserve. Adjacent lot 51 of the Hakalau-iki home- 

 steads, held under general lease 984 by Rose de Lima. Inadequate fence 

 on mauka line of her lease, w^hich allows cattle to get into the forest. 



MAUNA KEA TRIP. 



On August 5 and 6, I visited the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve, in com- 

 pany with my assistant and six others, for the purpose of determining 

 upon experimental planting with temperate zone trees and of making 

 scientific observations in this high country. The mamani forest between 

 7,700 and 10,000 feet, the upper timber line, was found to be in good 

 condition. Two wild cattle and a band of wild sheep were seen, but no 

 wild horses, although a band of the latter are occasionally seen on the 

 mountain. Six wild sheep w^ere killed on the trip. It is possible that 

 conifers will succeed on the lower slopes of this reserve if planted at 

 times of favorable moisture, but there are not sufficient funds available 

 at present for this work. At Waiau Pond, near the summit at 13,014 

 feet, where our party experienced a cold night and the temperature was 

 as low as 18 degrees, causing a film of ice to form on the edges of the 

 pond, it is planned to start a small grove of lodgepole pine trees by 

 seed spotting, so that in time fuel w^ood will be available for travelers 

 tvho ascend the mountain. For this purpose an order of 20 pounds of 

 seed has been placed with the Forest Service at Portland, Oregon. The 

 presence of numerous cinder cones superimposed on glacial drift all over 

 the summit plateau of the mountain was found to be of great interest. 



COOPERATION WITH H. S. P. A. 



One day was spent in writing a report at the request of tlie Chair- 

 man of the Committee on Forestry of the H. S. P. A., to be considered 

 at the next annual meeting o2 that association. The topics touched on 

 included suggestions that the forest work fif that association be concen- 

 trated on protecting the native forest by fencing as being of greater 

 importance at present than artificial reforestation for the conservation 

 of water, that the field force be strengthened, that the administration of 



