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A force of nine forest rangers is now employed on the four 

 main islands who look out for the special needs of forestry in 

 their respective districts, as well as the interests of forest protec- 

 tion in general. 



FOREST PROTECTION. 



By regular appropriation the work of fencing forest boundaries 

 has progressed as much as the present high cost of material would 

 justify and this has been augmented by cooperation with private 

 owners and by requirements in general leases. In this manner a 

 total of 7.79 miles of reserve boundaries have been newly fenced 

 and 3.38 miles of fencing repaired, making a total of 11.27 miles 

 receiving added protection as shown by the following table: 



NEW FENCES IN 1919. 



Completed. Island. Reserve Length in Miles. 



February. . . .Hawaii Kau 1.00 



March. ..... Oahu Makua .84 



March Oahu Makua 1.07 



June Hawaii Kohala ^It .13 



July Hawaii Olaa Poorest Park. ... .30 



August Hawaii Olaa Forest Park. ... .19 



September . \ .Maui Kula 2.68 



October Hawaii Olaa Forest Park. ... .28 



December. . . Maui. Kula 1.40 



7.89 



FENCES REPAIRED IN 1919. 



February. . . .Kauai Moloaa 3.00 



October Kauai Papapaholahola .38 



3.38 



Grand Total 11.27 



RIDDANCE OF WILD STOCK. 



In addition to the driving out of wandering tame cattle from 

 the reserves the following wild stock was killed within the forest 

 reserves during the year: Goats 304, pigs 266, cattle 42, making 

 a total of 612 head. This does not represent the total number thus 

 eliminated from the forest reserves because the reports submitted 

 are by no means complete. It is realized that this feature of pro- 



