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Division of Forestry 



Honolulu, Hawaii. Nov. 21, 1916. 



Board of Commissioners of xA.griculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit the following routine re- 

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



Forest Fencing. 



Several forest reserve boundary fencing projects were com- 

 pleted during the month. The largest of these was the fence 

 around Section A of the Olaa Forest Park Reserve in the region 

 of 24 Miles on the Volcano Road, Hawaii. This was begun on 

 April 15, 1916, under contract with Mr. I. Erickson of Hilo and 

 completed on October 20. Previous to the final acceptance of the 

 fence, the contractor was required to reset many of the posts 

 which wxre not up to specifications. The total length of this 

 fence is 29,140 feet or 5.52 miles and the four sections of fine 

 ohia and tree fern forest enclosed by it will be secure from 

 damage by wandering stock for some time. 



Two stretches of the boundary of the Honolulu Watershed 

 Forest Reserve in \\'aiakekua and Luaalaea Ravines in Upper 

 Manoa \^alley were run out with the aid of government surveyors 

 and fenced during the month. The fence around the ^Manoa 

 Ranger Station, which was also completed in October, brings the 

 total length of fencing in this region up to 1.16 miles. 



Eight quarter-acre plots on the Manoa Ranger Station were 

 also laid out and staked preparatory to the experimental planting 

 of timber trees under forest conditions. 



Arbor Day. 



Preparations for Arbor Day to be celebrated on November 17 

 by proclamation of Governor Pinkham, were made bA^ the as- 

 sembling of quantities of the 17 most popular and suitable flower- 

 ing:, shade and forest trees by the nursery force previous to dis- 

 tribution and shipment and by the publication in local newspapers 

 and the ''Forester" of an article on the subject by which it was 

 aimed to call attention to Arbor Day and arouse interest in its 

 celebration by tree planting. 



Miscellaneous. 



One day was spent in visiting the Pupukea Forest Reserve to 

 ascertain the status of a planting agreement with Mr. C. G. Owen. 

 This has been taken up in a special report. 



