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Kukaiaii Ranch Planting. 
Under the terms of its lease of government lands, the Kiikaiau 
Ranch is doing extensive tree planting in establishing groves of 
eucalyptus, mainly blue gum, between the elevations of 3000 and 
4500 feet. In order ^o be in touch with the progress of this 
work I spent a couple of days with Mr. Robert Horner, going 
over the areas planted. The planting is progressing at a satis- 
factory rate, so that the total number of trees required to be set 
out should be in the ground some time prior to the time limit 
fixed in the leases. 
The greater part of the trees planted during the last three years 
are making excellent growth and in the few places where there 
were setbacks while the seedlings were small — in some cases re- 
quiring replanting — the little trees have now taken hold and are 
doing well. Taken altogether the government has good reason 
to be pleased with the progress of this piece of work. 
Examination of Mulin'oi. 
The last part of my stav on Hawaii was devoted to a trip into 
IMuliwai, the government land on the bluff between Waipio and 
Waimanu valleys, as a part of which I went down into and up 
the latter valley to its head. 
]\Iuliwai and ^^'aimanu are inaccessible localities. Because of 
the steepness of the trails leadino: into them, which in wet weather 
are almost impassable, to visit these places requires special prepa- 
rations. The present trip was made possible through the cour- 
tesy of Mr. August Ahrens, manager of the Kukuihaele planta- 
tion, who, at the request of Mr. J. W. Waldron, one of the di- 
rectors of the company, had had a trail cut up the ridge of Mu- 
liwai, through the woods from the government trail. Mr. 
Ahrens provided a pack train ; we camped out two nights in the 
woods. 
In former years ]\Iuliwai was subject to cattle grazing, which 
resulted in the opening up of the forest, the letting in of Hilo 
grass and the death of the larger trees. 
Three years ago the government ordered the removal of all 
the cattle from Muliwai. This was done, and since then the area 
has been policed by the Pacific Sugar Mill, so that there has been 
no further damage. Looking across at ^luliwai from Kukui- 
haele there appears to be a large area of dead forest, but when 
one follows up the ridge, although there are considerable areas 
where the large trees are dead, there is found to be much young 
growth. In my judgment most of the damage to the forest on 
]\Iuliwai is the result of grazing in past years. With conditions 
as they now exist, I see no reason to be apprehensive about the 
ultimate return of the forest on the upper parts of the slope. 
Shortly I expect to submit to the Board a brief report on this 
section, discussing certain points about it more in detail. 
