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substance or substances which pollute or are liable to cause pollu- 

 tion of the said streams or waters. 



(e) The going on or being upon government lands wathin a 

 forest reserve with intent to destroy, molest, disturb, or injure 

 property belonging to the Territory of Hawaii, or used by the 

 Territory of Hawaii in the administration of the forest reserves. 



(f) The wilful tearing down, defacing, or disturbing of any 

 public notice or survey monument posted within a forest reserve. 



(g) Squatting upon government land in a forest reserve, or 

 constructing or maintaining any kind of works, structure, fence, 

 inclosure, road or trail, without a permit, except as otherwise 

 allowed by law. 



(h) The tearing down, breaking down or through, or molest- 

 ing in any manner of a forest reserve boundary fence or gate or 

 a fence or gate on government land within a forest reserve. 



Section 2. Any person violating the above rule shall be guilty 

 of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished 

 by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), as pro- 

 vided by Section 529, Revised Laws of Hawaii of 1915. 



Section 3. This rule shall take effect upon its approval by 

 the Governor. 



Approved : 



Lucius E. Pinkham, 



Governor. 



Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, April 5, 1916. 



To enforce the provisions of this rule one Forest Ranger was 

 appointed during 1916 in addition to the four who were already 

 on the staff. Two more rangers are just about to be appointed 

 and this will bring the force up to the full strength needed for 

 the present, which will then be as follows: One on Kauai, three 

 on Oahu, two on Maui, and one on Hawaii. The rule so far has 

 w^orked out well and legitimate enterprises which can be carried 

 on without detriment to the forest have been legalized by the 

 issuing of permits. 



Forest Extension. 



The raising and sale at cost of tree seedlings to the plantations 

 and others by the forest nursery force has continued to be the 

 chief activity in forest extension by the government, although 

 actual planting on forest reserves on Kauai and Oahu has been 

 done during the year using native trees, such as koa and kukui, 

 for watershed cover and introduced trees for windbreaks and the 

 production of fuel wood and timber. 



A grand total of 247,432 trees were raised and distributed from 

 the government nurseries during the calendar year 1915. This 

 is over 30,000 more than the number distributed in 1914. The 

 indications are that during 1916 this number will be considerably 



