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Division of Forestry 



Honolulu, Hawaii, August 16, 1916. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit the following routine report 

 of the Division of Forestry for the month of July, 1916: 



Round Top Forest Reserve. 



During the month several trips were made up to Round Top, 

 when the area of government land proposed to be set aside as a 

 forest reserve was shown to three of the Commissioners in order 

 to acquaint them with the land. x\fter the approval of the pro- 

 ject by the Board at the meeting of July 26, a notice of public 

 hearing, to be held on August 10, was signed by the Governor. 



Forest Reserve Matters. 



During the month improvements at the Manoa Ranger Sta- 

 tion, Oahu, were begun by building two small culverts, grading 

 the short stretch of road, and by hauling some of the lumber for 

 the ranger station house. 



Forest Ranger F. B. Dodge, for the Island of Hawaii, began 

 his duties on July 15, after he had acquainted himself in this 

 office with the forest reserve lands on Hawaii, and had received 

 instructions as to his duties. 



Tree planting by Ranger Kaina D. Lovell on the Kealia Forest 

 Reserve, Kauai, and fence construction on the Lualualei Forest 

 Reserve, Oahu, and on Section A of the Olaa Forest Park 

 Reserve on Hawaii, were continued during the month. 



On July 23, at the request of the Governor, I accompanied his 

 party to the land of Waimanalo, Oahu, and looked over several 

 land matters in that region. The strip of native forest on and 

 below the cliffs on this land are an important asset to whatever 

 water emanates from this region, and for this reason an investi- 

 gation will soon be made with the idea of setting aside this 

 forest land as a Territorial forest reserve. 



Tree Planting on Mauna Kea. 



A\^ith the idea of ascertaining the possibility of raising forest 

 trees suitable for lumber, steps were taken during the month for 

 the raising of trees to be planted on the slopes of Mauna Kea, 

 Hawaii. This is a project for which an allotment has been made 



