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My own time during this month has largely been occupied 
with routine duties in connection with preparing plans for pro- 
posed forest planting in the Koolau District, Maui, and with 
arranging details regarding the experimental tree planting now 
in progress in this Territory under Federal funds ; in attending 
to matters of detail in the office, and in preparing and revising, 
for the use of the Board, statements in regard to the reallotment 
of the Board's appropriation for the coming fiscal period. 
Mr. Curran's Visit. 
Mr. H. M. Curran, of the Philippine Forest Service, who 
stopped over for a month as a temporary member of the staff 
of the Division of Forestry, left Honolulu on May 14 en route 
to Manila. Under the date of May 12, Mr. Curran submitted to 
the Board a report outlining his opinion on the problem of re- 
placing the forest in the portions of the Koolau Forest Reserve, 
Maui, where the original forest was killed some years ago. 
Federal Tree Planting. 
In the Federal tree planting work several thousand seedHng 
trees, both of Conifers and of several species of Eucalypts, were 
planted out in the experimental plots on the slopes of Haleakala, 
Maui, during the months of April and May. 
During May, also, several acres of ground in Nuuanu Valley 
above Luakaha, were put in shape for the planting of experi- 
mental plots of some twenty odd species of Eucalypts. The idea 
is to estabHsh a half acre each of all the more important species, 
so that data can be got as to the stability of the several kinds 
for local use, more particularly those new to the Territory. The 
seedlings for this planting are now ready at the Makiki Station. 
The little trees will be set out during June. 
Other Forest Planting. 
The forest planting on the Kohala mountain, begun in April, 
is reported to be getting on satisfactorily. Provision for con- 
tinuing this project was made in its reallotment of the conserva- 
tion tax fund by the Apportionment Board. 
Other work in connection with tree growing and distribution is 
described in the report of the Forest Nurseryman, submitted 
herewith. 
Eucalyptus Bulletin. 
Following a call for tenders, a contract has been awarded the 
Hawaiian Gazette Company for printing Mr. Louis Margolin's 
bulletin entitled ''Eucalyptus Culture in Hawaii." The manu- 
script of this report, approved by the Forest Service, was re- 
