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made of the fact that the Cornwell Ranch carried the forest re- 

 serve fence across its fee simple land of Kaonoula, thus throwing 

 the mauka portion of that land into the reserve. 



On Kohala Mountain, Hawaii, under the requirements of 

 leases obtained from the Government in July, 1913, the Parker 

 Ranch has repaired and put in shape the forest fences 011 the en- 

 tire south face of that mountain on the boundary of the forest 

 reserve. In this case, too, several blocks of fee simple land have 

 been fenced off and included in the reserve. 



An inspection of other forest fences on Hawaii, in the Haina- 

 kua and Hilo Districts, was made by me during the early autumn 

 of 1913. It showed the forest reserve fences around Manna Kea 

 and, with one exception, those on the mauka side of the Hilo 

 Forest Reserve, to be in good condition. On the mountain the 

 fences are maintained under lease requirements by the Parker 

 Ranch, the Kukaiau Ranch and the Humuula Sheep Station. 

 Across the several private lands in the Hilo District, from 

 Honohina to and across the government tract of Piihonua, Mr. 

 W. H. Shipman was then just completing the relocation and re- 

 building of the Pun Oo Ranch forest fence, approximately on 

 the mauka boundary of the Hilo Forest Reserve. This fence is a 

 substantial one, put up in a thoroughly satisfactory way. 



On the boundary between Humuula and the Hilo forest the 

 fencing is of recent date, and in good condition. On the govern- 

 ment land of Piha there has been trespass and a generally unsat- 

 isfactory state of things, but arrangements are now well advanced 

 that will soon put an end to that condition. Steps are also now 

 being taken by the Government to prevent trespass by cattle along 

 the lower edge of the Hilo Forest Reserve, above Hakalau, a mat- 

 ter which has been under consideration by the Division of For- 

 estry for some time. 



On the Kona side of Hawaii the Trustees of the Bishop 

 Estate have within the past year had several miles of forest 

 fence built and repaired on the boundaries of their private forest 

 reserve above Kealakekua. 



In Kau the forest fence along the mauka side and at the East 

 and West ends of the Kau Forest Reserve have recently been, or 

 are at this date, in process of being reconstructed. The upkeep 

 of these fences is required under government leases held respect- 

 ively by the Hawaiian Agricultural Company and the Hutchinson 

 Sugar Plantation Company. By mutual agreement between these 

 companies and the Kahuku Ranch, portions of the mauka line are 

 to be fenced by the latter. This Avork is now in progress. The 

 sections built by the two plantations have already been completed. 

 Both were inspected by mo during a special trip made to Kau for 

 that purpose in July, 1914. 



