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 DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



Honolulu, April 12, 1915. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit the following routine re- 

 port for the Division of Forestry for the month of March, 1915: 



PERMITS. 



Wahiazi'a grass ciitti>ig. On March 8 a permit was issued to 

 the Hawaii Preservation Co., Ltd., to cut grass on the land of 

 Wahiawa within the Ewa forest reserve, Oahu. The permit, 

 which runs until May 30, and is revocable before then on seven 

 days' notice, requires the exercise of precautions in preventing 

 forest fires and assistance in fighting them should they start, pro- 

 hibits the cutting and removal of anything but grass, and requires 

 the payment of all damages resulting from any misuse of the 

 l^ermit. The company desired the grass for fertilizer on its pine- 

 apple fields and it is being taken from the land in Wahiawa where 

 formerly a severe fire occurred. A local resident has since ex- 

 pressed his opinion that this grass cutting is an excellent thing, 

 because it here grows long and in dry weather becomes as dry 

 as powder and is a great fire menace. 



APPLICATIONS. 



Tantalus. During the month an application to cut honohono on 

 Tantalus was refused after a personal visit showed that in most 

 places in this forest this herb was very short and was required 

 as a moist, ground cover. 



Azi'a. By reference from the Governor, an application was re- 

 ceived from J. K. Kapunihana and J. Keola Kuhiike of Keanae, 

 Maui, to take awa from the governiuent forest on Maui. Since 

 the application was indefinite as to locality, and only a part of the 

 land in the Koolau forest reserve, Maui, is under the control of 

 this Board, I at once wrote to the applicants requesting them to 

 inform me of the exact lands from which they wished to gather 

 this root, in order to ascertain whether or not the matter came 

 under our jurisdiction. I also wrote to Messrs. W. I\ Poguc 

 and George C. Cooi)er, of Iluelo and liana. Maui, respectively, 

 who have had exj)erience in the matter of taking awa from the 

 reserves, and Jiave received froiu them suggestions which will 

 hclj) in taking suitable action on tin- ])rc.st-nl application if it is 

 found that ihe matter is under our control. 



Knkiti lints. ( )n Mlarch 2? an application was received from 

 (jeo. 11. Kice of ilonolulu to take for a term of vears fallen kni<ui 



