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Collections. 



Collections on account of plants sold amounted to $ 5.25 



From Oahu Railway & Land Co., $33.46, being balance due 

 Bd. of A. & F. for material supplied in repairing Pau- 

 malu-Waimea Forest Fence 33.46 



Total $38.71 



Collection and Exchange of Seed. 



We have several orders for seed on file which come from cor- 

 porations and others who are contemplating planting large num- 

 bers of trees in the near future. The following letter from Chief 

 Forestry Office W. R. Rutter, Uganda Protectorate, South Africa, 

 is self-explanatory and may be of interest to tree planters : 



"March 7, 1916. 



"Sir: — It is with great pleasure that I write to inform you that 

 the Prosopis jidiflora has taken very kindly to this country. The 

 germination of the seed was excellent, and the young trees are 

 in a flourishing condition. We now have about three acres of 

 this species planted 4x4. 



"As the area I have to plant is very large, I should esteem it 

 a favor if you could arrange to let me have another five pounds 

 of the seed. 



"I would be quite willing to bear the cost of any extra labor 

 required for extracting the seed from the pulpy pods. 



"Trusting that you can assist in this matter, I have the honor 

 to be, sir, 



"Your obedient servant, 



"W. R. Rutter, 

 "Chief Forestry Officer, Uganda Protectorate. 



"David Haughs, Esq., Forest Nurseryman, 

 "Division of Forestry, Honolulu, Hawaii." 



Plantation Companies and Other Corporations. 



The distribution of plants under this heading amounted to 

 21,000 in seed boxes, 3000 in transplant boxes, and 500 pot 

 grown; total, 24,500. 



Makiki Station. 



The work at this station has been principally routine. \\'e have 

 received an order for all the willow cuttings we can spare. The 

 order came from a Portuguese company which intends going into 



