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Division of Forestry 



Honolulu, Hawaii, July 5, 1917. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit the following routine re- 

 port of the Division of Forestry for the month of May, 1917: 



Forest Fencing. 



Arrangements were completed during the month with the Ku- 

 kaiau Ranch Company for the construction of a fence on the 

 boundary between the government land of Piha and the private 

 land of Maulua and between the latter land and the government 

 land of Laupahoehoe in the Hilo Forest Reserve, Hawaii. This 

 was authorized on August 4, 1916, but the ranch has not been in 

 a position until recently to undertake the work. A contract 

 provides that the work be completed in five months and the cost 

 of the government's share of work will be $817.90 besides fur- 

 nishing the fence wire. The total length of fences to be con- 

 structed is 4.73 miles and when completed they will put an end 

 to the inroads which wandering cattle have made on the native 

 forest in this region. Mr. H. Meyer, who claims the ownership 

 of these cattle, has been given until June 30 to get rid of them. 



Mr. F. G. Snow has completed 1,050 feet of cooperative fenc- 

 ing of the forest reserve strips fronting his place near Glenwood 

 in the Olaa Forest Park Reserve, which were in need of protec- 

 tion, as pointed out in my March report, and is prepared to com- 

 plete this work in the region of his place. 



A short stretch of fence 432 feet in length was constructed 

 during the month on the new boundary of the small area of land 

 next to Lot 817 in the Makiki-Round Top Tract, which was re- 

 cently eliminated from the Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve. 



On May 2Z, I visited the region of Makua and ascertained 

 that the fence required by General Lease 730 to be built along 

 the makai boundary of the forest reserve had not yet been con- 

 structed. The matter was reported to the Land Commissioner. 



Tree Planting: 



On the Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve in upper Manoa 

 Valley 995 koa, 100 silk oak, and 169 various species or a total 

 of 1264 trees were planted, in addition to the necessary weeding 

 to keep previously planted trees from getting choked by the 

 grass. 



