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Division of Forestry 



Honolulu, January 16, 1917. 



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 December, 

 1916: 



KAUAI TRIP. 



From December 12 to 16, I was on the Island of Kauai with 

 Land Commissioner Rivenburgh and Superintendent of Hydro- 

 graphy Larrison making, in conjunction with the Chamber of 

 Commerce of Kauai, an examination of government forest re- 

 serve lands in the region of the head of Waimea canyon, looking 

 particularly for suitable summer camp sites. I found the climate, 

 scenery and charm of the region more delightful than ever and 

 also a variety of situations which will offer, when the land re- 

 verts to the Territory, at the expiration of the present leases, 

 suitable camping places for those who desire to put in more or 

 less permanent camps with the idea of returning each summer, 

 for those who merely wish to camp for a week or so in tents, 

 and for those who are interested only in the scenery of the 

 canyon and care to spend not more than one night. By lease 

 expiration some of the land will revert to the government on 

 December 27 of this year and the rest not until June 1, 1920. 

 Before then a plan for the issuing of camping permits in a 

 systematic manner, and for their administration on the ground 

 by a forest ranger will be worked out. It is proposed also to add 

 more land to the present reserve in this region so as to include 

 the extensive forest and more camp sites in the region of Puu- 

 kapele on the edge of Waimea canyon. 



On this same trip a visit was made to Kukuiolono park and 

 the Papapaholahola Spring Reserve where Mr. Walter D. Mc- 

 Bryde has done extensive tree planting with very successful and 

 pleasing results. 



FOREST PLANTING. 



The four men have continued tree planting under my personal 

 supervision on the Manoa Ranger Station, Oahu, and have to 

 date set out by various spacing over 50 different kinds of mostly 

 timber trees in various quantities. These have been accurately 

 marked with redwood posts and labeled so that there will be no 

 possibility of losing their identity. 



On the Kealia Forest Reserve, Kauai, Ranger Kaina D. Lovell 

 has continued tree planting on the Kamalomalo flats and to date 



