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 DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



Honolulu, December 21, 1915. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



Gentlemen: — I respectfully submit tbe following routine re- 

 port of the Division of Forestry for the month of November, 

 1915: 



Forest Fencing. 



The forest fence along the boundaries of the Kealia and Mo- 

 loaa forest reserves on Kauai at Anahola and Aliomanu is near- 

 ing completion and Forest Ranger Lovell reports that at the end 

 of November 9980 feet of the fence had been constructed. 



On November 8 the agreement with Mr. A. J. W. MacKenzie 

 for the construction of the hog-proof fence around Section B of 

 the Olaa Forest Park reserve at 29 Miles on the Volcano road, 

 Hawaii, was executed and, on November 15, the construction 

 of this fence begun. 



On November 30 I went over the forest fence on the makai 

 boundary of the Lualualei forest reserve at Waianae and found 

 that it was in need of repair in several places. I am arranging 

 for this work and as soon as the fence is once more cattle-proof 

 I shall have it kept so by Forest Ranger John Pililaau, who be- 

 gan his work in this region on December 1. 



Nuiianii Eucalyptus Plantation. 



A previous inspection of the experimental plantation of eigh- 

 teen different new varieties of eucalyptus trees established by 

 my predecessor in Nuuanu valley with federal funds in coopera- 

 tion with the United States forest service, showed that many 

 of the smaller trees were being choked with the rank Hilo grass. 

 I accordingly employed a laborer for 13 days to clear the grass 

 from around the smaller trees so that now they will have a better 

 chance for growth. The plantation as a whole is doing remark- 

 ably well and in a few years valuable data as to these new species 

 of eucalyptus will be available. Since I also found that the cor- 

 ner stakes of hau sticks had not sprouted in most cases, I re- 

 placed these with permanent ^-inch galvanized iron pipes, which 

 were placed at appropriate corners and marked with the number 

 of the plot stamped on brass tags. 



Forest Reserve Matters. 



On November 15 Forest Ranger E. H. Hippie began his work 

 of taking care of the Honolulu Watershed forest reserve lands in 

 Palolo, Manoa and Nuuanu valleys. 



Mr. C. M. Hudson of Hilo reported early in the month that 



