99 



COLLECTIONS. 



Collections on account of plants sold amounted to $4.60. 



PLANTATION COMPANIES AND OTHER CORPORATIONS. 



The number of trees distributed under this heading amounted 

 to 4850 (600 in seed boxes, 3100 in transplant boxes and 1150 pot 

 grown). 



MAKIKI STATION. 



The two men employed at this station have been doing the regu- 

 lar routine work, which consists of mixing and sterilizing soil, 

 transplanting and potting trees, etc. 



HONOLULU WATERSHED PLANTING. 



During the month 434 koa and 1887 kukui trees were planted, 

 making a total of 2321. The total number of trees planted on 

 and around Sugar Loaf to date amounts to 10,486 (koa, 6850; 

 kukui, 3636). We are having favorable weather for this work 

 and all the trees planted so far are doing exceedingly well. 



ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE. 



The following gives the number of visits made and auvice 

 given to people applying for same : \'isits to places in and around 

 city, 8; requests for advice by telephone, 12; requests for advice 

 by people calling at nursery, 10 ; recjuests for advice by letter to 

 people on the other islands, 7. 



Respectfully submitted, 



David Haughs, 

 Forest Nurseryman. 



It is stated in The Board of Trade Journal for August 20, 

 1914, that a thirty years' concession has been granted for the ex- 

 ploitation of coconut groves in the zone of the Pacific coast of 

 Costa Rica to a company known as Compania de Cocales del Pa- 

 cifico. The company undertakes to preserve and replant the ex- 

 isting coconut palms and to plant coconuts in those places where 

 they do not already grow. The company is also to establish with- 

 in a year a transport service consisting of sailing vessels of at 

 least 15 tons register, fitted with auxiliary petrol motors of 20 

 h.p. The company as well undertakes to establish a factory in 

 San Jose for the extraction of coconut oil. 



