MISCELLANEOUS FOREST WORK. 



In addition to the lines of work which comprise the main ac- 

 tivities of the Division uf Forestry, no inconsiderable amount oi 

 energy is expended in efforts, not always easy to classify, which 

 are designed in one way or another to benefit the people of the 

 Territory. 



REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS. 



Under the heading publicity mlight be mentioned the written 

 reports which are made to the Commissioners on all importam 

 matters. 



Whenever a forest reserve is to be set apart a report is made 

 summing up the reasons that underlie the action recommended. 

 It is on the basis oi this report that the Board requests the Gov- 

 ernor to take the action required by law. From time to time, too, 

 special reports are prepared on the condition of given forests or 

 on particular problems that arise in connection with their admin- 

 istration. These reports are, of course, all based on field work, 

 usually done by the Superintendent of Forestry. . Monthly rout- 

 ine reports are also prepared to keep the Commissioners inform- 

 ed of the current work of the Division. 



All of these reports are made public through the pages of the 

 Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, the monthly journal issued 

 under the auspices of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry. It 

 It is a part of the policy of the Board so to issue them, for the 

 desire with forest work, as with all other activities of the Board, 

 is to give the work being carried on such publicity that everyone 

 who is interested in, or concerned by it can be fully informed as 

 to what is going on. While necessarily some of these reports 

 are technical in character the effort is alwavs made to couch 

 them in terms that anyone can understand. 



Mention has already been made of Bulletin No. I, "Eucalyptus 

 Culture in Hawaii," by Mr. Louis Margolin of the U. S. Forest 

 Service, and of Circular No. 2, "Instructions for Propagating 

 Forest, Shade and Ornamental Trees," by David Haughs, Forest 

 Nurseryman, issued respectively in 1911 and 1912. The only 

 other publication of the Division of Forestry, issued during the 

 past two years, outside of contributions to the Forester and Agri- 

 culturist, was the Biennial report for 1909-1910, which appeared 

 on March n, 1911. 



In further effort to bring a knowledge of the reasons for forest 

 work home to the people of the islands, public addresses are made 

 occasionally by the Superintendent of Forestry before various 

 organizations. In December 1911 a paper of this sort was read 



