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 DIVISION O^ FORESTRY. 



Honolulu, Dec. 31, 1013. 



W. M. Giffard, Esq., President and Executive Officer, Board of 

 Agriculture and Forestry. 



Dear Sir : — The following" report gives the principal work done 

 during the month of December, 1913: 



N^urscry. 



Distribution of Plants. 



In seed In boxes Pot 



boxes transplanted grown Total 



Sold 150 190 340 



Gratis 1500 350 662 2512 



1500 500 852 2852 



Collections. 



Collections on account of plants sold amounted to $ 4.30. 



Plantation Companies and Other Corporations. 



The distribution of trees for the month is as follows : 1000- in 

 seed boxes, 1500 in transplant boxes and 400 pot grown. Total, 

 2900. 



Makiki Station. 



The work at this station has been principally routine ; namely, 

 sterilizing soil, transplanting trees and otherwise building up a 

 stock which was getting low owing to the heavy demand which 

 has been made for trees during the past two months. 



Honohdu Watershed Planting. 



The work on the face of Sugar Loaf is progressing and a 

 great many holes are now ready for planting. These will be 

 filled with koa trees just as soon as the weather is suitable. We 

 have over 3000 koa trees in tin cans at the small nurser)^ on 

 the ridge below Sugar Loaf. Clearing off and making holes 

 have constituted the principal work during the month. 



U. S. Experimental Planting, Nniiann. 



With the assistance of the prisoners and one man from the 

 Nursery, also the man employed to look after the trees, two days 

 were spent in going over the different plots and filling up blanks 



