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WOOD ON TANTALUS. 
During April arrangements were made for the utilization of 
certain Eucalyptus trees blown down in the Tantalus forest dur- 
ing a Kona storm in February. Some of the trees were cut up 
into posts which will be used in durability tests on the grounds 
of the College of Hawaii in Manoa Valley. From others timbers 
were cut out that will be tested in the harbor as to their value 
for piling. Some of the wood will be cut into blocks for trial 
as wood paving. The rest will be sold as firewood. The money 
from this sale goes into the Treasury as a general realization. 
SEED LAW. 
In accordance with the direction of the Board, the Superin- 
tendent of Entomology and Forestry spent some time during 
April in the preparation of a Pure Seed Law, which was passed 
by the Legislature as Act 107. Copies of this law have been 
reprinted for distribution, here and abroad. It is suggested that 
it would help in its enforcement and tend to prevent the intro- 
duction of weeds into Hawaii if persons ordering seed in quan- 
tity were to send copies of this Act with their order. The Board 
will be glad to supply copies of the law on request. 
INVESTIGATION OF KOOLAU, MAUI, FOREST. 
For some time arrangements have been under way whereby 
one of the Foresters of the Philippine Bureau of Forestry should 
visit Hawaii for the purpose of consultation over certain forest 
problems presented by the death of a portion of the native forest 
in the District of Koolau, Maui. During April this project has 
been carried out by the visit of Mr. H. M. Curran of the Philip- 
pine staff, who has stopped over between transports on his way 
back to Manila from the mainland. Temporarily Mr. Curran 
has been appointed Special Forest Inspector in the Division of 
Forestry. 
The object of Mr. Curran's visit to Hawaii is to assist in work- 
ing out plans for the replacement of forest on the areas where 
the old growth has been killed. To this end, he, with the Super- 
intendent of Forestry, spent the fortnight from April 18 to the 
end of the month on Maui. A detailed report of recommenda- 
tions as to how best to treat this forest will be submitted to the 
Board in the near future, prior to Mr. Curran's departure for 
Manila on the May transport. 
BOTANICAL INVESTIGATIONS. 
Early in April, Mr. J. F. Rock, the Botanical Assistant of the 
Division of Forestry, visited Hawaii to collect plant material in 
