75 



(lata to the Washington office for pubHcation. The services of Mrs. 

 Dort and J\Irs. Kennedy, who were employed in this work during 

 the month, were dispensed with on February 28. 



Sl'M^rARY OF STREAM-GAGING STATIONS FOR MONTH. 



Est'd Discont'd 



At End During During 



Island. of Month. Month. Month. 



Kauai 31 



Oahu 40 2 



Maui 43 



Hawaii- 1 



Total 115 2 



Very respectfully, 



G. K. Larrison, 

 Superintendent of HydrogTaj)hy. 



KULIOUOU FOREST RESERJ^E. 



On February 12, 1914, a public hearing was held by the Gov- 

 ernor of the Territory of Hawaii and the Board of Commis- 

 sioners of Agriculture and Forestry to consider the setting apart 

 as a forest reserve of a small area of forest land at the east end 

 of Oahu, near Koko Head. The tract is the upper portion of the 

 half of Kuliouou valley owned by the government, 214 acres. 



The purpose of creating this land a forest reserve is to afiford 

 better protection to the small stream that flows down the valley 

 and waters the dry lower lands. No opposition developing to the 

 project. Governor Pinkham on February 13 signed a proclama- 

 tion officially setting the land apart. This is the first forest 

 reserve to be made by him, the thirty-fifth in Hawaii. 



Following is the report of the Superintendent of Forestry on 

 Kuliouou. Elsewhere in this issue of the Forester appears the 

 proclamation : 



Report of the Superintendent of Forestry. 



Honolulu. Nov. 12, 1913. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to recommend the setting apart 

 as a forest reserve of the mauka section of the government land 

 of Kuliouou in the Honolulu district. Island of Oahu. 



Kuliouou is a small, detached government land at the east end 



* Kona investigation station. 



