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total of 874,489 trees were planted throughout the Territory dur- 

 ing the year, although the number actually planted was probably 

 nearer one million. This reported number, however, is greater 

 than the average for the past seven years for which records have 

 been kept. Of this number, 86 per cent, was planted out by 

 sugar plantation companies which have begun to realize the 

 necessity of establishing a cheaper fuel supply for domestic pur- 

 poses. An analysis of the reports on trees planted during the 

 year shows that, as the main purpose of planting, 53 per cent, 

 was planted for fuel, 32 per cent, for watershed cover, 8 per cent, 

 for windbreaks, 5 per cent, for timber, and 2 per cent, for orna- 

 ment. Of the species planted, swamp mahogany, Eucalyptus ro- 

 busta, heads the list at 52 per cent. ; followed by assorted species 

 (too numerous to mention) 17 per cent. ; ironwood, Casuarina 

 equisefifolia, 14 per cent. ; blue gum. Eucalyptus globulus, 9 per 

 cent. ; lemon-scented gum. Eucalyptus citriodora, 5 per cent. ; alga- 

 roba, Prosopis juUHora, 1.5 per cent.; and silk oak, Grevillca ro- 

 busta, 1.5 per cent. 



The Division of Forestry has continued the tree planting of na- 

 tive species on the Honolulu watershed in the Makiki Valleys, 

 and during the year set out 5,841 kukui and 1,525 koa, or a total 

 of 7,366 trees. This, with the trees previously planted in this 

 region, brings the total up to 14,593 trees, which now cover a little 

 over 75 acres. The trees on the whole are growing rapidly and 

 well, and promise soon to form a very beneficial protection to 

 this area. Some of the koa trees on Sugar Loaf, only two years 

 old, are already 14 feet high and 4 inches in diameter. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Along with administrative duties, a portion of my time has 

 been spent in the endeavor to clear the status of certain lands in 

 forest reserves in which the Attorney General's and Survey De- 

 partments of the Territory have kindly cooperated. 



The experimental issuance of a permit to gather mature awa 

 root on certain forest reserves on the island of Hawaii, has dis- 

 closed the interesting fact that very little of this commodity exists 

 on government lands in the forest reserves and that it is in such 

 inaccessible places that it is not profitable to gather it. 



An efifort has been made during the year to inspire interest in 

 the raising of willows for the manufacture of wicker furniture, 

 by exhibiting a handsome settee made from rods of the yellow 

 willow, Salix viteUina, grown at the Makiki nursery. The possi- 

 bilities of this industry in the Territory are not realized by many. 



Respectfully submitted. 



C. S, JuDD, _; 

 Superintendent of Forestry and Chief Fire Warden. 



