LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, 



May 10, 1910. 



The Board of Commissioners of 

 Agriculture and Forestry 

 Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Gentlemen: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manu- 

 script entitled "Eucalyptus Culture in Hawaii," by Mr. Louis 

 Margolin, Forest Examiner in the Forest Service, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, which I recommend be published as 

 Bulletin No. 1 of the Division of Forestry. 



This report is the result of a study of Eucalyptus plantations 

 in Hawaii carried on through cooperation between the Forest 

 Service and the Territorial Board of Agriculture and Forestry. 

 The field expenses incident to the investigation were borne jointly 

 by the Forest Service and the Board; the cost of publication 

 wholly by the latter. 



The object of the report is to put before land owners in Ha- 

 waii comprehensive suggestions and definite recommendations 

 in regard to growing and managing Eucalyptus forests. In view 

 of the demand for such information and the difficulty in getting 

 hold of it, the report has been made to include much general in- 

 formation in regard to the uses and value of Eucalypts, as well 

 as some observations on the principles underlying forest man- 

 agement. 



Sincere acknowledgment is here made to all those, plantation 

 and ranch managers and others, who have given aid and en- 

 couragement in the investigation, particularly to the manager 

 of the Maui Agricultural Company, to whom special thanks 

 are due. 



Very respectfully, 



RALPH S. HOSMER, 



Superintendent of Forestry. 

 APPROVED : 



MARSTON CAMPBELL, 



President, Board of Commissioners 



of Agriculture and Forestry. 



