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permits to 17 Hawaiian squatters who are occupying this land 

 in accordance with an arrangement of my predecessor. These 

 permits are for only one-year periods and will be renewed if the 

 squatters comply faithfully with the forest laws and rules and 

 regulations of the Board pertaining to forestry. 



AWA PERMIT. 



Under the original permit and extensions given to Mr. C. M. 

 Hudson of Hilo to gather two tons of mature awa root from the 

 Puna Forest Reserve, he was able to locate and gather only 1607 

 lbs. dry weight. Rather than to extend the old permit, and in 

 order to permit him to utilize the balance of $59.82 remaining on 

 his deposit, Mr. Hudson was issued a new permit on May 15, 

 which allowed 60 days for gathering the balance of 2393 lbs. He 

 stated that he had located enough of the root to produce this 

 amount. During his operations, Mr. Hudson has found awa root 

 much more rare on government lands than he had imagined, 

 and so scarce in the Hamakua Pali Forest Reserve that he prob- 

 ably will not be able to collect any awa root under the permit 

 given him for this reserve last October. 



MANOA RANGER STATION. 



The hearing for the Manoa Ranger Station was held on April 

 24, and there being no objections raised against the creation of 

 the reserve, the Governor signed the proclamation on May 9, and 

 on May 16 it was published. This small area of a little over 15 

 acres is a valuable addition to our forest reserve system because 

 of its central location, and will be most useful as an administra- 

 tive base and site for experiments in tree growth. Plans for its 

 improvement will be taken up with the Board in a special report. 



PROPOSED NEW RESERVE AT WAIALUA. 



During the month the first steps were taken toward the crea- 

 tion as a forest reserve of a large tract of government land at 

 the higher elevations north of Kaala, in the Waialua district, 

 Oahu. On May 25 I took a government surveyor to the land 

 and made a preliminary reconnaissance of the area, which is 

 being followed by a detailed survey for the purpose of mapping 

 and description. 



TREE INTRODUCTION. 



Prof. H. E. Gregory of Yale University, on arriving at Ho- 

 nolulu from Sydney, presented the Board with a dozen young 

 trees of the Australian red cedar, Cedrela australis. This tree 

 furnishes an excellent cabinet and furniture wood, and is ex- 

 tremely difficult to raise from seed. The trees, when a little 

 larger, will be planted out in suitable places. 



