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knowledged to be a sound policy to follow wherever it is possible 

 to secure funds to defray the initial cost. 



"In this campaig'n much has been written and printed, in reg- 

 ular reports, in the Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist and 

 elsewhere, both as argument and exhortation, and also in the way 

 of concrete examples showing the profit to be derived from tree 

 planting in terms of compound interest. Among this matter the 

 bulletin entitled 'Eucalyptus Culture in Hawaii,' by Mr. L. Mar- 

 golin, calls for special mention. This report gives the result of 

 a cooperative study made by the Division of Forestry and the 

 U. S. Forest Service in 1910. That the efiforts put forth have 

 really told is evidenced by the increase in the number of trees 

 planted each year. In 1912, the last year for which full records 

 are at hand, the number planted was well over a million and a 

 quarter trees. For the credit of creating this sustained interest, 

 the division of forestry has the right to claim a share. 



PRAISE FOR DAVID HAUGHS. 



"In this connection it is only fair to make mention of the part 

 played by the forest nurseryman of the division of forestry, Mr. 

 David Haughs, who has charge of the section of the division's 

 work dealing with the growing and distribution of trees. From 

 his long experience in the Islands, Mr. Haughs' suggestions on all 

 matters relating to tree-growing are distinctly worth having. That 

 this fact is appreciated is proved by the steady stream of appli- 

 cations for advice that come to the division. Giving assistance 

 of this sort is one of the important functions of this office. It is 

 an essential part of the Territory's forest work. 



"The introduction and experimental planting of trees new to 

 the Islands is a branch of forest work which it has been the aim 

 of the division of forestry to foster, ever since its organization. 

 Only by the actual trial of new trees and shrubs can it be known 

 surely whether or not they will succeed here under our local con- 

 ditions. The division of forestry has helped to make better and 

 more widely known several species that had previously been in- 

 troduced, especially Japanese cedar, certain of the eucalyptus, 

 and a basket willow from the Azores. It has as well developed 

 the use of ironwoods as a windbreak for canefields near the ocean, 

 and has started upon the investigation of many new trees about 

 which it is yet too soon to have positive information to give out. 



"The forest fire law in Hawaii dates from 1905. Under its 

 terms a forest fire service consisting", of volunteer district fire 

 wardens has been organized and kept strictly up to date. This 

 skeleton organization has been effective in combatting all fires 

 that have occurred and furthermore has gone a long way toward 

 firmly fixing in the minds of the people generally that the Board 

 of Agriculture and Forestry means business in its enforcement of 



