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REPORT FOR JUNE. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, July 17, 1916. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit the following routine re- 

 port of the Division of Forestry for the month of June, 1916: 



The survey of the proposed new forest reserve on the north 

 slope of the Waianae Mountains back of Waialua and Mokuleia 

 was completed during the month and includes a total area of 

 6,650 acres, 95% of which is government land. Some additional 

 data must first be obtained before the project of creating this 

 area as a forest reserve can be submitted to you for approval. 



Sufficient wire was hauled up to the forest reserve boundary 

 in Waiomao Valley, Palolo, preliminary to the construction of a 

 stretch of 2,000 feet of fence which will be built in cooperation 

 with the adjacent owner to protect the forest and w^atershed in 

 that region. 



One day was spent along the Nuuanu Valley road within the 

 Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve posting signs, cutting down 

 dead trees, and pulling up golden rod plants which had begun 

 to run wild in a few places. 



The repairing of the Lualualei Forest Reserve boundary fence 

 for a distance of 6.65 miles was completed during the month and 

 all cattle driven from the reserve. On a stretch of 1.12 miles, a 

 new fence, necessary for the protection of one end of the reserve, 

 is now being constructed and will be completed within a month. 



On June 6 and 7, I visited forest reserve lands in the region of 

 Lualualei and Makua and, in company with Superintendent G. K. 

 Larrison, investigated two water projects and forest fencing re- 

 quired by a Land Office lease. Copies of our reports on these 

 matters to the Land Commissioner are herewith attached. 



During the month tree planting on the Kamalomalo flats within 

 the Kealia Forest Reserve, Kauai, was begun by Forest Ranger 

 Lovell. The object of planting is fuel production and water con- 

 servation and the preliminary planting just inside the forest boun- 

 dary is in the nature of a windbreak. 



The first arrest and conviction under Rule H of the Division 

 of Forestry, occurred in May when Paul Topeka and two other 

 Russians were apprehended for hunting on the Mauna Kea Forest 

 Reserve, Hawaii, without a permit. In the District Court of 

 Hamakua they were convicted and each paid a fine of $50.00 and 

 costs amounting to $3.30. 



The land proposed to be set aside as the Round Top Forest 

 Reserve was examined and a special report on the project has 

 already been placed in your hands. 



