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use to which. Ohia seems best adapted is flooring and wainscoting. 

 Comparatively little Ohia is now sold for railroad ties, notwith- 

 standing it was on this basis that the original company was organ- 

 ized. With its operations conducted as at present, in the forest 

 and at the mill, the Territory can have no complaint against the 

 Hawaii Hardwood Company on the score of non-utilization. 



As more of the area of Ohia forest so far cut over has proved 

 to be agricultural land, it is probable that the portion owned by 

 the Government will sooner or later be opened for homesteading. 

 Whether that lying within the boundary of Puna Forest Reserve 

 is of like character remains yet to be seen. 



Fence Post Test. 



In August, 1914, a cooperative arrangement was entered into 

 by the Division of Forestry and the College of Hawaii whereby 

 there will be tried out for fence posts on the College Farm in 

 Manoa Valley, Honolulu, timbers from a number of locally grown 

 species of Eucalypts. The posts were cut from trees felled in the 

 Tantalus forest under the direction and at the cost of the Division 

 of Forestry. The hauling and setting of the posts and the treat- 

 ing of them with preservatives was paid for by the College. The 

 following species were used, the posts being cut from the trees 

 averaging about thirty years in age: E. calophylla, E. citriodora, 

 E. cornuta, E. globulus and E. robusta. The results of this test 

 will be made public from time to time in the Hawaiian Forester 

 iiiul Agriculturist. 



Permits in Forest Reserves. 



During the year 1914 a somewhat new departure has been 

 made by the Division of Forestry in the issuance of a number of 

 permits for privileges within certain of the forest reserves for 

 which a cash return was demanded. Therefore most of the per- 

 mits given have been for free use. Thus on Oahu, in the Hono- 

 lulu Watershed Forest Reserve, three permits were given author- 

 izing the holders to live on the reserve for a limited period, and 

 make use of small portions of it for gardens. In return the per- 

 mittees, in addition to the fee paid to the Government, agree to 

 turn out in case of need, to fight forest or brush fires. One grass 

 cutting permit was also issued for the Tantalus Ridge section, and 

 one giving the holder the privilege of hunting wild cattle and pigs 

 in the rpprr Olaa Forest Reserve on Hawaii. All these permits 

 arc for limited periods only, and are made only on the condition 

 o" the compliance with strict requirements. 



In August, 1914, one more permit was issued granting the 

 privilege of establishing n mountain outing camp on the upper 

 slopes of Iljilcnkjihi. \Faiii, in the Kula Forest Reserve, in return 



