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from Honolulu for the Waiaha Spring Forest Reserve fence in 

 North Kona, Hawaii. 



Issuance of a Moioitaiii House Permit. 



During the month, under authority given by the board at a 

 meeting held on July 22, 1914, I drew up a form of permit grant- 

 ing to Mr. A. M. Brown the privilege of using a small portion of 

 the Kula Forest Reserve on Maui for a mountain house and out- 

 ing camp. In return for this privilege to use the land, Mr. Brown 

 agrees to do certain tree planting on the upper slopes of Mt. 

 Haleakala, particularly with conifers — pines, spruces and firs — 

 from the temperate zone, which the board wishes to try out at 

 that elevation. The permit is for a five-year period and is non- 

 transferable. 



FENCE POST INVESTIGATION. 



Through a cooperative arrangement between the Division of 

 Forestry and the College of Hawaii, a test of locally-grown 

 eucalypts is about to be made on the college farm in ]\Ianoa 

 Valley, where fenceposts cut from selected trees in the Tantalus 

 forest will be tried out un.der the personal supervision of Prof. 

 F. G. Krauss, superintendent of the farm. The species to be 

 used are E. robusta, E. globulus, E. citriodora, E. coniuta and 

 E. calophylla. 



The felling and cutting-up of the trees will be done by Divi- 

 sion of Forestry men ; the hauling and setting of the posts by 

 the college. From time to time statements of the progress of 

 the study will be made by Prof. Krauss and published in the 

 Flawaiian Forester and Agriculturist. As the trees from which 

 the posts are cut are about thirty years old, these tests ought to 

 be of value to all owners of eucalyptus groves in Hawaii. 



ROUTINE MATTERS. 



In addition to the usual routine work of tlic month 1 have, as 

 far as possible, been rounding u]) all outstanding matters, so as 

 to have no loose ends when I leave the Territory on August 26 

 to go to my new field of work at Conull Tniversity. A series 

 of notes and memoranda have been prepared that will enable 

 my successor to get in touch at once with all current work. In 

 the meantime, until a new superintendent of forestry is ;ip- 

 pointed. Mr. David Haughs. forest nurseryman, will attmd to 

 routine work and as usual carry f)n the activities of the section of 

 forest planting. 



1 am leaving witli the i)rcsidcnt of the board a r(.'])ort co\H'r- 

 ing the wf)rk of the Division of l-orestry from January 1, I'M.^. 

 to August 31, 1914, which I suggest be included in the biennial 



