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Forest Reserve Notices. 



Five hundred copies of the following notice have been printed 

 on cloth and I have begun to have them posted in conspicuous 

 places at the boundaries and within the f^est reserves on all 

 islands : 



FOREST RESERVE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY 



TERRITORY OF HAWAII 



All persons are warned not to start fires or to 

 commit any depredations on this land, under penalty 

 of the law. The removal of any material from the 

 Forest Reserve without a permit is prohibited. 



C. S. JUDD, 



Superintendent of Forestry. 



It is hoped that these signs will have a beneficial effect in 

 acquainting the public with the location of the different reserves 

 and in mitigating the few depredations in the forests which have 

 been occasionally reported. 



Seed Distribution. 



A consignment of seeds of some of our successfully introduced 

 timber and ornamental trees has been sent to the Director of 

 Forestry at Manila, P. I., in order to assist the Bureau of For- 

 estry there in tree introductions. 



A small consignment of seed of the karaka tree, Corvnoceraiis 

 laevigata, was received during the month through the kindness of 

 Mr. Eric Knudsen. This tree was introduced from New Zealand 

 by his father and planted at Halemanu, Kauai, where it has spread 

 considerably. While not a very valuable timber tree, the karaka 

 is believed to be a good watershed cover, and suitable for many 

 of the wet localities at the higher elevations on these islands. It 

 has already done well on Molokai. Young seedlings of this tree 

 are being raised at the Government Nursery for planting at the 

 higher elevations on this island, and seeds were distributed to 

 Mr. W. F. Pogue and Mr. L. von Tempsky for planting on the 

 higher elevations of Maui. 



Mr. George Munro of Lanai has kindly agreed to secure for 

 this Division, from his brother in New Zealand, seeds of many 

 trees growing there wdiich might do well in these Islands. 



Arbor Day. 



The Governor of the Territory has offtcially declared Friday, 

 November 19, as Arbor Day, and already many thousands of trees 

 have been distributed to school children and homesteaders on the 

 other islands for planting on this day. The men at the nursery 



