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the Nursery in November. The work was undertaken by the man- 

 ager of the Nahiku Rubber Company, Mr. W. A. Anderson, and 

 was completed in December. Arrangements were similarly made 

 with Mr. von Tempsky to plant trees on the Waihou Spring Forest 

 Reserve near Olinda, Maui, and during November 2,500 seedlings, 

 consisting half of Orevillea robusta in seed boxes and half of 

 Cryptomeria Japonica (Japanese cedar) in transplant boxes were 

 shipped from the Nursery for the work. At time of writing the 

 work is reported to be progressing favorably. 



For the purpose of doing similar work on Water Reserve B ? 

 Pupukea, Oahu, I visited the area in December, and made final 

 arrangements with Mr. Mark Robinson, Jr., who agreed to under- 

 take the work. A first shipment of 500 Ironwood trees has 

 already been made and the work of planting is still in progress. 



Forest Reserve Fencing. 



The fencing off of the trail leading over the Kolekole pass in 

 the Lualualei Forest Reserve at Waianae, Oahu, was completed in 

 August. I .made an examination of the fence at that time and 

 found it substantially built and according to specifications. An 

 examination of the fence running along the matika boundary of 

 the Lualualei Homesteads also showed that the repair work was 

 satisfactory. 



Dead Timber in Tantalus Forest. 



In December a report was made on an application for the 

 purchase and removal of the dead timber in the planted Tantalus 

 Forest. The applicant offered to pay $1.50 per cord for the dead 

 trees and limbs. My recommendations that cutting operations be 

 not allowed in the forest during the rainy season on account of the 

 damage that would be done to the roads was approved by the 

 Board. 



Arbor Day. 



Arbor Day was celebrated on November 20, and proved to he 

 very successful. The total number of trees distributed amounted 

 to 17,595, which is nearly 6,000 more than for the year 1913. 

 The trees were all pot grown, and with ordinary care ought to 

 make a good growth: Arbor Day is getting more popular every 

 year and more people are taking an interest in the planting iancl 

 euro of trees. 



