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this land, and I am at work on a plan which will be presented to 

 the board as soon as completed. 



PROPOSED FOREST RESERVE AT MOKULEIA. 



Two days were spent on the government land back of Moku- 

 leia, Oahu, examining the forested area with a view to the crea- 

 tion of a forest reserve there. This is one of the projects that 

 my predecessor was not able to complete before he left Hawaii. 

 I found an excellent forest somewhat damaged by cattle, which 

 have gone almost everywhere through it. Showers from Kaala 

 pass over the area and with proper protection the forest can be 

 made to serve more efificiently as a conserver of water in this 

 region, where water in the springs is necessary for stock on the 

 foothills and in artesian wells for irrigation on the lowlands near 

 the sea. Mr. W. W. Goodale, manager of the Waialua Agricul- 

 tural Company, has kindly offered to cooperate in this project 

 by having his surveyor mark out the boundary line between the 

 government land on the north slopes of Kaala and the private 

 lands makai. 



TREE PLANTING. 



Advice was given Mr. A. A. Wilson, the new manager of the 

 Wahiawa Water Company, on tree planting around the Wahiawa 

 reservoir on Oahu, and he has already begun the work by set- 

 ting out 400 lemon-scented gum trees which he ordered from the 

 government nursery. 



The government land of Aiea, in the Ewa forest reserve, 

 Oahu, was visited in company with Mr. W. P. Jarrett, who has 

 applied for and been given permission to clear away the grass 

 and plant trees on the reserve adjacent to his homestead lot. 

 This will be a benefit to both parties, for it will remove the fire 

 menace to the house which Mr. Jarrett is building and the gov- 

 ernment will have several acres of the reserve planted to native 

 koa and kukui trees without cost. 



CATTLE HUNTING ON MAUNA KEA. 



During the month applications were received from a Russian 

 and a Portuguese to hunt wild cattle on the north side of the 

 Mauna Kea forest reserve. Upon investigation I found that 

 in order to reach this reserve the lands of the Parker Ranch or 

 of the Kukaiau Ranch must be crossed, and that this is objec- 

 tionable because hunters are careless in closing gates and their 

 dogs harass tame cattle. Moreover, the custom here has been 

 for the neighboring ranchers to hunt in the Mauna Kea reserve 

 for wild cattle, that really belong to them, and I am informed 

 that there are not many wild cattle left in this part of the reserve. 

 Under the circumstances I thought it unwise to grant the appli- 

 cations. 



