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Superintendent Ehrhorn's remedies for cutworms and rose 

 mildew, presented in this number, may be of timely assist- 

 ance to those whose plants are at present afflicted with these 

 pests. Advice on combating other pests will be gladly given, 

 upon request, by the Division of Entomology. 



The importation of 50 Merino rams from Australia during 

 December by the Parker Ranch is an indication of the modern 

 progressiveness of the management of this ranch. 



Superintendent Larrison's article on the Waiahole tunnel 

 project in this issue will be of interest to those readers to 

 whom the accomplishment of great engineering feats appeal. 



DIVISION OF FORESTRY 



Honolulu, January 17, 1916. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit the following routine 

 report of the Division of Forestrv for the month of Decem- 

 ber, 1915: 



Govenunent Land in JVainialii Valley. 



In my report for November I mentioned my first trip to 

 Waimalu valley, Oahu, to locate a small piece of government 

 land, called Waholoa in the Ewa forest reserve. On Decem- 

 ber 20, 1915, I made another visit to this land and secured evi- 

 dence to refute the claim that it does not belong to the gov- 

 ernment. On December 22 the matter was referred to the 

 Attorney General for adjustment. 



Claim of Thomas Makia, JVaiaiiae Reserve. 



Subsequent to my visit on November 30. 1915, to the Wai- 

 anae-kai forest reserve, when I served notice on Mr. Thomas 

 Makia to move a portion of his fence, as instructed by the 

 Board on November 4, I received a letter from his attorney 

 stating that, previous to the inclusion of this land in the forest 

 reserve, Mr. Makia had made application to purchase it under 

 a preference right. Upon further inquiry at the Land Office 

 1 found this to be so, although it was diametrically opposite 

 to the statement which I had received, from the Land Com- 

 missioner, in answer to my previous inquiry on the matter, 

 and to the statement made to me on October 21, 1915, by Ma- 

 kia himself that he claimed no legal right to the land. Under 

 these developed circumstances there was, therefore, no ground 

 on which the granting of a preference right to this land to Ma- 

 kia could be opposed. Mr. Makia's attorney has, however, 



