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the Puna boundary at about 7 Miles. This is the first forest of 

 ohia lehua, kukui and other native trees which>the tourist sees 

 after leaving Hilo for the volcano, and it is a forest region well 

 worth protecting for its scenic value. The forest is in a fairly 

 healthv condition and where a fire swept over it some years ago 

 the voung ohia trees are coming in. in a healthy and satisfactory 

 condition. The forest is situated on land which is too rocky 

 for any agricultural use with the possible exception of raising 

 awa root. There should, therefore, be no objection to including 

 this land in a forest reserve, subject, of course, to the expiration 

 of the ^^'aiakea lease, which expires on June 1, 1918. I have 

 talked over this proposed forest reserve with the land commis- 

 sioner and he is favorable to its creation. If the Board also 

 looks with favor on this proposed reserve, I shall proceed to 

 obtain a description of it and submit a more detailed report pre- 

 paratory to the usual process of creating it as a forest reserve. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. S. JUDD, 



Superintendent of Forestry. 



ARBOR DAY REPORT. 



Honolulu, November 30, 1915. 

 Superintendent of Forestry, Board of Agriculture and Forestry. 



Dear Sir : — I herewith submit a special report on the distri- 

 bution of trees for Arbor Day. The planting of trees on Arbor 

 Day is attracting more attention each year. The total distri- 

 bution of plants for Arbor Day planting this year amounted to 

 20,583, all of which, with very few exceptions, were pot grown 

 trees. For 1914 the total distribution for Arbor Day was 17,595, 

 the increase for 1915 being- 2998. The number of trees dis- 

 tributed to homesteaders on Kauai and Alaui is much larger this 

 year than last year. The total distribution to the schools is also 

 about 1200 more than in 1914. 



The following tables show how the trees were distributed : 



Distribution by Islands. 



Trees 



Oahu — Outside Honolulu — homesteaders and others 3,426 



Military posts 1,600 



Honolulu and neighborhood 4,676 



School children on Arbor Day, 1 tree each 1,350 



Total for Oahu 11,052 



