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During the summer of 1909 there was assigned to the Superin- 

 tendent of Forestry the special duty of representing the Territory 

 at the Seventeenth National Irrigation Congress, held at Spokane, 

 Washington, with the object of agitating the question of the ex- 

 tension to Hawaii of the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 

 1902 ; a quest that was successful in so far as the securing of 

 the passage of the desired resolution by that organization was 

 concerned. 



STAFF AND APPROPRIATIONS. 



The regular staff of the Division of Forestry has remained 

 unchanged during the past two years. It consists of the Super- 

 intendent of Forestry (Ralph S. Hosmer), the Forest Nursery- 

 man (David Haughs), and the Botanical Assistant (Joseph F. 

 Rock). 



For a period of six months, from November, 1909, to May, 

 1910, Mr. Louis Margolin, Forest Examiner of the Forest Ser- 

 vice of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, was detailed to Ha- 

 waii under a cooperative agreement between that Bureau and this 

 Department, for an investigation of the Eucalyptus in Hawaii. 

 During this time Mr. Margolin was on the payroll of the Board 

 under the title of Forest Inspector. 



One or two changes have been made in the staff of District 

 Foresters and District Fire Wardens during the past two years. 

 These are indicated in revised lists of these volunteer officials, 

 given elsewhere in this report. 



The period of this report covers parts of two biennial fiscal 

 periods. During the six months from January to June, 1909, 

 the allotment for the Division of Forestry from the general appro- 

 priation of the Board was at the rate of $7,620.00 per annum for 

 salaries and payrolls, and $4,960.00 per annum for incidental and 

 general expenses. Since July 1, 1909, all the expenses of the 

 Board of Agriculture and Forestry have come from the Conserva- 

 tion Fund, raised by the special Immigration-Conservation Income 

 Tax. The money for the Board of Agriculture and Forestry has 

 been turned over as a lump sum ; for the greater part of the time 

 at the rate of $3,500.00 a month. Of this sum the total allotment 

 to the Division of Forestry has amounted, approximately, to 

 $14,000.00 per annum. Besides the above, $5,000.00 was allotted 

 by the Apportionment Board for forest planting on the Kohala 

 mountains, Hawaii, and $2,100.00 for fencing and forest planting 

 at Pupukea, Oahu. Both these projects are now in progress. 



FOREST RESERVES. 



Since the establishment of the Division of Forestry, the build- 

 ing up of a forest reserve system has rightly held first place in 

 its activities. In Flawaii, because these islands are an agricultural 



