170 



TREE PLANTING. 



The total plantings during the month in three localities on Oahu 

 amounted to 3,947 trees which were set out as follows: At Makiki 185 

 koa trees were planted in an open valley on Tantalus to shade out the 

 Hilo grass which has crept in; at Mikilua 2,575 red gum and 772 blood- 

 wood trees were planted out on barren, deforested slopes; and at Waia- 

 hole, largely in the nature of an experiment, 70 kauri pines, 200 Norfolk 

 Island pines, 37 narra, 14 Arabian teak, 7 bastard sandalwood (naio), 

 2 red pine (rimu of New Zealand), and 85 lime trees were set out. 



Activities at the several nurseries are reported by the Forest Nursery- 

 man. A start has been made in clearing the newly acquired land next 

 to the animal quarantine station in Hilo, to which it is proposed to move 

 the sub-nursery now at the Catholic Boys' School. 



FOREST FENCING. 



Arrangements were made during the month with Y. Tanaka to con- 

 struct a fence over two and one-half miles along the Volcano Road on 

 Hawaii, this Division to furnish the wire and staples and he to supply 

 the posts and erect the fence. This fence wall protect a large part of 

 Section C of the Olaa Forest Park Reserve which is an asset to the road 

 leading to the Volcano. 



FOREST RESERVE MODIFICATIONS. 



A large part of the month was spent in the office compiling reports on 

 needed modifications of forest reserve boundaries which had accumulated. 

 These have already been presented and have received your attention. 



KAUAI TRIP. 



From April 1 — 3, I was on Kauai at the direction of the Governor with 

 Mr. H. M. Albright, Field Assistant to the Director of the National Park 

 Service, and conducted him to Waimea Canyon and Kalalau Valley. He 

 was delighted with the scenic aspects of these two places, but left with 

 the opinion that a National Park is not a present necessary there, in 

 view of the arrangements, made by the Board and the County of Kauai, 

 giving people the opportunity to visit the canyon. 



FIELD TRIP. 



One day was spent in marking algaroba trees for thinning at Lualualei 

 under a Land Office license and another in an inspection of the Olympus- 

 Konahuanui trail. On the latter, no new^ land slides were observed, but 

 the Hilo grass is becoming more abundant even to the extent of a patch 

 10 feet square on the top of Mt. Oh^mpus. This, in my opinion, makes the 

 adoption of proposed Rule V of this Division more urgent. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. S. JUDD, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



