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possible of accomplishment. The purpose of this report is in 

 part to answer this question, by showing in what ways the forest 

 work could advantageously be expanded. 



In Hawaii the forest work being done by the Territorial Gov- 

 ernment falls naturally under two main heads the care of the 

 existing native forests and the extension of a forest cover over 

 areas that can be used to better advantage for growing trees than 

 for any other purpose. 



That the native forest may be managed in a way that shall 

 make it of the greatest possible service to man, forest reserves 

 are created and provision (at present altogether inadequate) 

 made for their administration. Along with this goes a study 

 of the forest from the botanical standpoint, for to manage our 

 forests in the most efficient manner we must know more than 

 we now do of the habits and characteristics of the various plants 

 found therein. 



Interest in tree planting naturally centers in the economic utili- 

 zation of waste or barren areas not suitable for agriculture but 

 which nevertheless can, if rightly managed, be made to yield sup- 

 plies of wood and timber ; but it also includes the introduction 

 into the Territory of new and valuable kinds of trees and shrubs, 

 and their systematic trial under various local conditions of climate 

 and elevation. 



In a Territory where so much of the forest work is being done 

 under private auspices, the scope of a report like this must neces- 

 sarily be broadened to include, as this does, not alone the work 

 of the Division of Forestry but also an account of the general 

 advance that has been made in forestry in Hawaii in the period 

 covered. 



Specifically the points of greatest forest interest during the 

 past two years are the extension of the forest reserve system by 

 the creation of seven additional reserves ; the decided increase of 

 interest in tree planting, especially as evidenced by the activity of 

 a number of influential corporations in this direction ; the wider 

 observance of Arbor Day and the ready response that has fol- 

 lowed the establishment of sub-nurseries for the local distribution 

 of trees ; a detailed study of the planted groves of Eucalypts, 

 made through the cooperation of the Federal Forest Service ; the 

 continuation and extension of the plant introduction work ; the 

 resumption of forest planting by the Territorial Government it- 

 self ; and the investigation of the native forest from the botanical 

 standpoint. 



Other special activities not directly connected with the branches 

 of work listed above have also been prosecuted as far as oppor- 

 tunity and limited funds permitted. On the following pages is 

 recorded what has been accomplished in these several ways dur- 

 ing the past two years, with recommendations for the continuation 

 and extension of the forest work. 



