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on West Maui required by General Lease 587 'has lieeu entirely rebuilt 

 with new posts and wire and is now in a stockproof condition and that 

 the forest reserve fence on the boundary of the Kau Forest Eeserve 

 on Hawaii, across the land of Kiolakaa, required to be maintained by 

 General Lease 550, and found by me on August 26 to be in bad shape, 

 has been repaired and put in stocki^roof condition. 



Construction of about one mile of new fence on the boundary of 

 the Waiahole Forest Reserve, Oahu, began on September 12. This 

 involves the erection of a water gate across the stream and a gate 

 across the road and when completed will close up a gap on t'he boundary 

 and give absolute protection from stock to all of t'he native forest in 

 Waianole Valley and to the new chauLmoogra oil tree plantation which 

 will soon be planted out there. 



The Commissioner of Public Lands is considering the issuance of 

 a new license .which will include clauses which should result in the 

 construction of a new American wire fence on the boundary of the 

 Kula Forest Reserve, Maui, in the region of Polipoli Spring. 



HILO FORE^ST RESERVE. 



The work done on the boundary survey of this reserve consisted 

 of running the forest line across the government land of Piihonua and 

 the land line between Piihonua and Punahoa 2nd. 



MANGROVE TREES OX OAHU. 



On September 9, I found seven young mangrove trees {Ehisophora 

 Mangle) 18 inches high growing on a tidal beach at the mouth of 

 Waikane Stream, in Koolaupoko, Oahu, as well as many young plants 

 which ihad been washed up on the shore by tlie ocean, [waves. Young 

 pilants of this tree are also reported to 'have been found on the wind- 

 ward coast of Oahu from Waia'hole to Laie. As the only kiiown mature 

 trees of the kind which could have produced these young: plants are 

 found at Palaau, Molokai, w.here they were introduced from Florida in 

 1902, it is probable that the young trees at Waikane were carried by 

 ocean currents for a distance of at least 60 miles. 



RECLAIMING GRASSLAND. 



On Septeanber, 16, I made the first examination of the experiment 

 in Nuuanu Valley initiated six months previously to determine whether 

 Hilo grass areas may ibe overcome by the broadcast sowing of seed of 

 the haole koa (Leucaena glaiica). No seedlings could be found in the 

 heavy Hilo grass plots which 'were untreated, but on the three plots 

 on which the grass was 'burned the broadcast sowing amounted to 10, 

 10, 'and 12% success, and on the three plots on wihich the grass was 

 burned and the ground dug up tke success of sowing amounted respect- 

 ively to V.\, 14, and 10%. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. S. JUDD, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



