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ceived after much delay late in April. The bulletin should be 
out about July 1. It should prove of more than usual interest 
to tree planters in Hawaii. 
South Kona Forest Reserve. 
On May 17, Governor Frear signed the proclamation creating 
the South Kona Forest Reserve, which project had been tem- 
porarily held up until a change could be made in the technical 
description of the boundary. The total area of this reserve is 
36,952 acres, of which 29,260 acres is government land. 
Very respectfully, 
Ralph S. Hosmer, 
Superintendent of Forestry. 
ROUTINE REPORT. 
'Honolulu, July 1, 1911. 
The Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit as follows the rou- 
tine report of the Division of Forestry for June, 1911. 
Eucalyptus Bulletin. 
Owing to the readjustment of the Board's financial matters, 
the manuscript of Mr. Louis Margolin's bulletin, "Eucalyptus 
Culture in Hawaii," had temporarily to be withheld from the 
printer early in the month ; otherwise the bulletin would have 
been out by this time. The report is now in press and will ap- 
pear early in July. 
Federal Tree-Planting in Nuuanu Valley. 
During the month there have been planted out in Nuuanu 
Valley above Luakaha, experimejital lots of a number of species 
of Eucalypts, mostly new to the Territory. Plots, some of one- 
half, some of one-third acre each, have been laid out for some 
twenty odd species. About half of the seedlings have been 
planted ; the remainder will be set out in July. The cost of this 
work was borne by the Forest Service of the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture out of its allotment for Experimental Planting in 
Hawaii. The object of the experiment is to help to determine 
which species of Eucalypts are best adapted for use in these 
islands. 
