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on the island approximately three hundred wild goats and seven- 

 ty-five semi-wild sheep. Definite plans for the removal of these 

 are now being formulated. 



Waianae Trip. 



On October 21 I visited a portion of the Waianae-kai Forest 

 Reserve and madq a thorough investigation of the occupancy of 

 a piece of land in this reserve by an Hawaiian, Thomas Makia. 

 A special report on this has already been submitted to you. I 

 also got a line on a local resident who could serve as a Forest 

 Ranger for this district to keep up the* forest fences and do other 

 patrol work on the reserves in this locality. It is planned to 

 have the new ranger begin work here on December 1. 



Forest Fencing. 



Forest Ranger Kaina D. Lovell reports that at the end of 

 October, 3,500 feet of the fence along the forest reserve boundary 

 at Anahola, Kauai, had been completed. 



The only bid received in response to the advertisement for the 

 construction of the fence around Section B of the Olaa Forest 

 Park Reserve on the Volcano Road, Hawaii, was received from 

 Mr. A. J. W. MacKenzie and amounted to $260.27. The job 

 was, therefore, awarded to him. It is expected that this fence 

 will be completed before the end of November. 



Sale of Awa Roof. 



Mr. C. M. Hudson of Hilo, Hawaii, submitted the only bid for 

 purchasing an unestimated amount of awa root in the Hamakua 

 Pali Forest Reserve, Hawaii, and it was at the rate of three cents 

 per pound, dry weight. The sale was, therefore, awarded to 

 Mr. Hudson, and the agreement, which was approved on October 

 26, runs for one year from that date and requires the same con- 

 ditions as to the planting of awa slips and the prevention of 

 damage to forest growth as those required in the agreement with 

 Mr. Hudson for gathering two tons of awa root in the Puna 

 Forest Reserve, mentioned in my routine report for September. 



Cattle in Nimanu Valley. 



On October 28 I was informed that there were eight head of 

 cattle in the upper part of Nuuanu A^alley on the Honolulu Water- 

 shed Forest Reserve, which had come over from Kaneohe. I at 

 once took up the matter with Manager O. C. Ludloft" of the 

 Kaneohe Ranch Company and he informed me that these eight 

 head had been removed from the forest reserve on October 24. 



