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 A. S. Wilcox Lihue, Kauai. 



"Your communication asking for a brief report on forest 

 happenings came duly to hand. In reply I would say that in 

 the district of Halelea, in which I act as District Forester, 

 the conditions remain somewhat similar to those mentioned 

 in my former report. 



"Private Forest Reserves: Practically half of the land of Kali- 

 hiwai has been a private forest reserve for many years. The 

 growth is dense, and this has rendered fencing unnecessary. 

 The area, roughly speaking, is about 4000 acres. The land is 

 owned by myself, and it has always been my purpose to pro- 

 tect the forest as much as possible in order to maintain the 

 water supply. This Kalihiwai land, in conjunction with the 

 forest on the upper lands of Hanalei, makes quite a large 

 forest reserve. The few cattle which formerly got into this 

 reserve have all been removed. 



"Forest Fires: There have been no extensive forest fires, and 

 no damage done by cattle to signify. I may say that there 

 was a very small fire several months ago on the lands of 

 Waioli, but apart from the burning of the undergrowth and 

 the scorching of a few trees no serious damage resulted. 



"In general, I would say that with the absence of any de- 

 structive forest fire, the reduced number of cattle ranging in 

 the forest reserve, and an abundant rainfall, these conditions 

 have tended to keep the forest reserve in excellent shape.''' 



W. R. Castle Honolulu. 



"As I have never made a written statement of my forestry 

 work on the southeast slope of Pauoa, I will give you a word 

 about that now. 



"I have about thirty acres of mountainside on the south- 

 east side of Pauoa Valley. When I acquired the land some 

 years ago, it was covered with grass only, excepting a few 

 Eucalyptus and some trees which came down over the crest 

 of the ridge in one or two places. During the past five years 

 I have planted about 2000 koa trees and perhaps 3000 Euca- 

 lyptus of various descriptions. Besides these main lines, I 

 have planted a great variety of other trees and shrubs, so 

 that the mountainside now begins to have quite a forest ap- 

 pearance. It is my intention to let the public use this ground 

 for purposes of recreation, etc., with proper restrictions as to 

 fires and so on. 



"In Kona, where I have been largely interested, nothing 

 has been done in the line of setting out new forest except 



