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An appendix brings a number of useful tables ; among them a very 

 welcome list of references to volume and growth tables and a tabula- 

 tion of data for determining technical rotations. 



In its outward appearance the volume has the stamp of elegance and 

 perfection which we are accustomed to see come from the Wiley pub- 

 lishing house. We note only one curious defect, namely, the frequent 

 dropping of single letters out of words. (See pages 42, 43, 46, 47, etc.) 



B. E. F. 



Report of the Division of forestry, Board of Agriculture and For- 

 estry, Territory of Hazvaii, for the Biennial Period Ended December 

 ^i, ipi8. By C. S. Judd. Honolulu, Hawaii, 1919. Pp. 53, 5 maps, 5 

 full-page illustrations. 



Perhaps the most significant statement made in this report is that 

 "the setting apart of the general forest reserve system has been ac- 

 complished." This means that the Territory of Hawaii has offici- 

 ally brought within forest-reserve boundaries all the land that it is 

 deemed necessary to maintain permanently under forest cover to safe- 

 guard "a continued and steady supply of water for the use of agricul- 

 tural and domestic pursuits in the Territory." During the biennium 

 -14,476 acres of forest land, in nine forest reserves, were added to the 

 system. This brings the total area of the forest reserves in the islands 

 to 814,926 acres, of which 554,842 acres, or 68 per cent, is land be- 

 longing to the Territory. It may be recalled here that the first Hawaiian 

 reserve was set apart in November, 1904. With an acreage today that 

 is approximately 20 per cent of the total area of this entire group of 

 islands, it will be seen that Hawaii's interest in forestry is more than 

 academic. Tabular statements and colored maps of the five principal 

 islands give details as to the area and location of the 47 reserves. 



But as Mr. Judd clearly sets forth the demarcation of boundaries is 

 only the first step toward adequately establishing the type of protection 

 forest that island conditions demand. The development of an adminis- 

 trative field force, the fencing of reserve boundaries, and extennination 

 of wild cattle, pigs, and goats is the work that now bulks large. There 

 are now seven forest rangers, distributed on four islands. Three more 

 are required. Fencing of the boundaries is actively going on, often at 

 a cost of over $500 per mile ; but, owing to the nature of the land, short 

 stretches of fence, as across a valley, protect large areas of forest on 

 the mountains. Where suitable local posts are not obtainable, redwood 

 posts are used, with five strands of a special No. 6 galvanized wire. 



