58 



1914 



Jan. 26 Nuuanu Valley, Honolulu. 



Apr. 10 Palolo Valley, Honolulu. 



The majority of these fires were in grass or brush. None of 

 them burned over large areas. But had they not been stopped 

 promptly it is possible that serious damage would have resulted, 

 for several were in localities where, had the fire really got away 

 into the forest it would have been exceedingly hard to combat. 

 The fires near Honolulu were fought by the Honolulu Fire Depart- 

 ment and the staff arid laborers of the Division of Forestry. Those 

 in the country districts under the direction of the local District 

 Fire Wardens. 



For setting the fire above Pukoo, Molokai, two men were 

 arrested. They pleaded guilty, and were fined $25 each. 



A number of new names have been added during 1913 and 

 1914 to the list of Forest Fire Wardens, which list, revised to date, 

 accompanies this report. As in former years the Chief Fire 

 Warden is glad of this opportunity to express the appreciation 

 of the Board on the interest and public .spirit shown by the 

 gentlemen named therein in making the Hawaiian Forest Fire 

 Service an efficient skeleton organization, always ready for 

 action. 



SUMMARY OF FOREST WORK IN HAWAII, 



19041914. 



In that iny resignation as Superintendent of Forestry, and 

 the appointment of my successor will necessarily open a new chap- 

 ter in the history of the Division of Forestry, it is perhaps not in- 

 appropriate briefly to summarize what I conceive to be the essen- 

 tial accomplishments in forest work in Hawaii during the past 

 decade. 



The Division of Forestry was established under the Board of 

 Agriculture and Forestry by Act 44 of the Legislature of 1903 

 (Chapter 28, Revised Laws of Hawaii). During the summer of 

 1903, at the request of the Board, Mr. Wm. L. Hall, of the U. S. 

 Forest Service, was sent to the Islands to investigate the local 

 situation, and to suggest a forest policy. This he did and in 

 December, 1903, upon recommendation of the Chief Forester 

 of the United States, Mr. Gi fiord Pinchot, I was appointed Super- 

 intendent of Forestry, reporting for duty in Honolulu in January, 

 1904. 



During the past ten years the Division of Forestry has stood 

 consistently for two main objects (1) the protection and proper 

 administration of the native Hawaiian forest on the important 

 watersheds, and (2) the planting of economically valuable trees on 

 non-agricultural and other waste land. 



