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TREE PLANTING. 
Following an official call for tenders for planting an area of 
government land on the Kohala Mountain, above Waimea Vil- 
lage, Kohala, Hawaii, a contract has been entered into with Mr. 
A. W. Carter. The planting is to be carried out in accordance 
with a planting plan drawn up by this Division last year. The 
object is to replace a stand of forest on a section of the Kohala 
Mountain from which water is obtained for use on the plains 
below. To attend to the details of this matter and get the work 
actually started, Mr. Haughs went over to Hawaii and was at 
Waimea during the first ten days of April. The money for this 
planting comes from a special allotment made from the Con- 
servation Fund in 1910. 
The other government forest planting project authorized out 
of this special allotment, the planting of the portion of the Pu- 
pukea Forest Reserve, Oahu, formerly known as ''Water Re- 
serve C," is also progressing favorably. An examination re- 
cently made of the trees planted last year showed that approxi- 
mately 85% of those set out have now reached the height of 
three feet — the height required before the second installment of 
the contract price could be paid the contractor. This young 
forest will in a short time now make a marked difiference in the 
appearance of the upper lands at Pupukea. It cannot fail to be 
of benefit to that section of the island in a number of ways. 
FOREST FIRES. 
On April 1, a forest fire at the head of Manoa Valley gave the 
staff of the Division of Forestry a brisk fight for a few hours, 
until it was got under control. The fire escaped from Chinese 
laborers who were burning brush above Mr. James Boyd's place, 
and ran up the steep ridge into a mass of Staghorn fern under 
an open stand of Koa trees. Fortunately, members of the staff, 
with the President of the Board, happened to be in Manoa Val- 
ley when the fire was discovered, so that no time was lost. Sev- 
eral laborers were secured locally, who got the fire under control. 
Later in the evening, thanks to the courtesy of Sheriff Jarrett, 
a gang of prisoners was sent up the valley. These men con- 
tinued to patrol the burned area during the night. It is esti- 
mated that the area burned over was between 20 and 25 acres. 
On April 28, Mr. Haughs responded to a call that there was 
a forest fire in the mountains in the Ewa District. This fortu- 
nately proved to be a mistake, the reflected light from cane trash 
fires in a new locality being responsible. But had there really 
been a fire, the presence on the ground of a member of this staff 
would have led to prompt action in combating it. 
