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he had as yet been unable to locate any awa root in the Puna 

 forest reserve, Hawaii, being hindered in his search by the heavy 

 rains. As you will recollect, I was authorized to issue him a 

 permit, on September 25, to gather two tons of awa in this 

 reserve during a period of sixty days. Mr, Hudson paid $100 

 for the awa. Upon the advice of the president of the Board, I 

 extended the time of this permit thirty days. 



On November 26 I made a trip to Waimalu valley, Oahu, to 

 locate a small piece of government land called Waholoa in the 

 Ewa forest reserve. 



On November 30 I visited the Waianae-kai forest reserve and 

 served notice on Mr. Thos. Makia to move his fence, as instructed 

 by the Board on November 4. On this trip I also instructed 

 Mr. John Pililaau as to his duties as forest ranger for the Wai- 

 anae district. 



Codperation With H. S. P. A. 



During the latter part of the month I completed and forwarded 

 to Mr. L. A. Thurston, chairman of the committee on forestry 

 of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, a discussion of the 

 native and introduced trees suitable for each of the four follow- 

 ing purposes : 



1. The conservation of water and protection of watersheds. 



2. The protection of lands from destruction by wind and by 

 drifting sand and earth. 



3. The production of firewood. 



4. The production of timber. 



Hilo Sub-Nursery. 



In order to provide for more extensive work at the Hilo sub- 

 nursery, from which a large part of the island of Hawaii is 

 supplied with forest trees, the monthly allowance to Bro. Matthias 

 Newell for the upkeep of this nursery was on November 1 in- 

 creased from $15.00 to $30.00. 



Arbor Day. 



Arbor Day was celebrated on November 19, the day proclaimed 

 for this purpose by Governor Pinkham, as shown in the accom- 

 panying special report of the forest nurseryman. The celebration 

 of this day was more than usually successful. In all 20,583 trees 

 were given out from the government nursery for planting, and 

 school children to the number of 1350 called at the government 

 nursery and each took away one tree for planting on school 

 grounds. At the recjuest of the Outdoor Circle, I delivered a 



