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reported in this issue, are encouraging and show the possibiHty 

 of what may be done in the way of growing trees for the produc- 

 tion of construction timber. 



The tree planting of the Division of Forestry continues to be 

 centered on water producing areas and during October over 1000 

 koa trees were planted on a part of the Honolulu Watershed 

 forest reserve. 



The rules and regulations of the Territorial Marketing Divi- 

 sion governing the conduct of the business of this Division, which 

 were approved by the Board on October 29, 1917, are printed on 

 the By Authority page of this issue and the attention of custom- 

 ers is invited to them. 



A profit is reported by the Acting Superintendent in all depart- 

 ments of the Territorial Marketing Division for the month of 

 October. This is encouraging and it is hoped that continued im- 

 provement will be shown in this new Division of the Board. 



Division of Forestry 



Honolulu, November 13, 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 October, 1917: 



MAUI TRIP. 



From October 5 to 10, I was on the Island of Maui investigat- 

 ing several forest matters. Forest Ranger James Lindsay accom- 

 panied me. The proposed addition to the Makawao forest re- 

 serve, consisting of a remnant of government forest land of 263 

 acres between the present reserve, private land, and the new Ha- 

 leakala homestead tract, which will soon be recommended for 

 setting apart, was thoroughly gone over and the locations, along 

 the boundary where stretches of fence will be necessary, were 

 determined. 



The Kula forest reserve was visited and the question of rid- 

 ding the land of wild cattle investigated. This is a matter which 

 must be accomplished before tree planting can be undertaken on 

 the reserve and it has already been referred to you in a special 

 report. 



It was a matter of great interest to notice the extensive, natu- 

 ral spread of the black wattle tree in the Kula district at the 

 general elevation of 3000 feet above sea level. 



A visit was also made to three of the experimental tree plots 



