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In March, 1914, another cooperative tree planting agreement, 

 similar to the one made with Mr. C. G. Owen, of Pupukea, iir 

 1912, was entered into with Messrs. Macfarlaiie and Robinson of 

 Paumalu, Oahu, for the planting of a part of "Water Reserve A," 

 a section of the Pupukea Forest Reserve. Temporarily the land is 

 to be used for growing pineapples. During the year 1917 it will 

 be planted with trees. The area involved is 814 acres. The- 

 faithful performance of the contract is insured by a bond made 

 out in favor of the Territory. 



MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES. 



Algaroba Licenses. 



In addition to its regular lines of work the Division of For- 

 estry is frequently called on to cooperate with other branches of 

 the Territorial Government in matters more or less directly con- 

 nected with forestry. By arrangement with the Commissioner of 

 Public Lands all matters relating to public forests, whether within 

 the limits of forest reserves or not, are referred to the Board of 

 Agriculture and Forestry for its special recommendations. Thus 

 during the past year the Division of Forestry has drawn up plans 

 for, and subsequently made inspections in the field of, the thinning 

 of certain Algaroba groves which the Government desired to 

 bring to a condition that would lead to the greatest possible pro- 

 duction of flowers and beans, valuable locally for bee pasture and 

 stock feed. The localities for which these algaroba licenses were 

 issued were Nanakuli and Waianae, Oahu and Kihei, Maui. 



Hawaii Hardwood Lumber Company. 



In October, 1913, an inspection was made of the operations 

 of the Hawaii Hardwood Company, successors to the Pahoa 

 Lumber Mill of the Hawaiian Development Co., in Puna, Hawaii. 

 This concern is logging Ohia lehua on government and private 

 land in that district, but so far has barely reached the section set 

 apart as the Puna Forest Reserve, although an advance payment 

 was made in 19.11 for the timber on 591 acres of it. Since tlit- 

 organization of the present company, following the loss of the 

 Pahoa lumber mill by fire in January, 1913, the operations both in 

 the woods and at the mill have been much more systematic and 

 thorough than at any time in the past. Practically everything 

 except small branches is taken out of the forest, to be worked up 

 at the mill or sold as fuel. And at the mill scarcely any waste 

 goes into the trash fire. 



Through persistent activity a place has been made in main- 

 land markets for Ohia, and the mill is kept busy in supplying 

 the increasing demands for Ohia, in one or another form. The 



