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These two combined operations have resulted in placing effec- 

 tive fences along a total length of 17.42 miles of government 

 forest reserve boundaries. 



Two new forest reserves have been created during the year, the 

 Round Top Forest Reserve consisting of 115 acres and the 

 Manoa Ranger Station, which includes 15 acres. These bring 

 the total area of proclaimed forest reserves in the Territory up 

 to a total of 798,344 acres, of which 546,352 consist of govern- 

 ment land. 



On account of a comparatively wet summer, no forest fires 

 occurred during the year and only two or three grass fires, which 

 were soon extinguished, were reported to this office. 



Forest Administration. 



An important advance in forest protection and administration 

 was made in April when the Governor approved Rule II of 

 the Division of Forestry. This rule, which is based on the regu- 

 lations of the U. S. Forest Service, which have been in effective 

 use on the mainland for many years, forms a working basis for 

 forest administration in the Territory, which, up to the time, this 

 Division had lacked, and aims at the better administration and 

 protection of government lands within the forest reserves. This 

 rule is as follows : 



Territory of Hawaii. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



Rule II. Division of Forestry. 



The Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry here- 

 by makes the following rule and regulation for the preservation 

 and administration of forest reserves : 



Section 1. The following acts are hereby forbidden on gov- 

 -ernment lands in forest reserves of the Territory of Hawaii and 

 declared to constitute trespass punishable by fine : 



(a) The cutting, killing, destroying, girdling, chopping, in- 

 juring or otherwise damaging, or the removal, of any timber, 

 young tree growth, or any other material, except as authorized by 

 permit from the Superintendent of Forestry. 



(b) The grazing of any livestock, except as authorized by per- 

 mit from the Superintendent of Forestry. 



(c) The hunting of any wild animals, except as authorized by 

 permit from the Superintendent of Forestry. 



(d) Having or leaving in an exposed or insanitary condition 

 camp refuse or debris of any description, or depositing or being or 

 going thereon and depositing in the streams or other waters with- 

 in or bordering upon government lands in the forest reserves any 



