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TRIP  TO  KAUAI. 
From  May  18  to  May  25  I was  on  the  Island  of  Kauai,  on  a 
visit  to  the  upper  government  land  of  Waimea,  in  the  Na  Pali- 
Kona  Forest  Reserve,  to  the  experimental  sub-garden  and  plant 
distribution  nursery  at  Kalaheo,  and  to  the  planted  forests  at 
Lihue. 
The  especial  object  of  the  trip  was  to  consult  with  Mr.  W.  D. 
McBryde,  who  has  volunteered  to  look  after  the  sub-garden  at 
Kalaheo,  in  regard  to  the  work  to  be  done  there.  Satisfactory 
plans  were  made  that  should  lead  to  the  increasing  usefulness  of 
the  Papapaholahola  Station. 
Incidentally  it  is  only  just  to  mention  here  the  excellent  work 
not  only  in  tree  planting,  but  in  general  in  building  up  a worthy 
community  life  that  is  being  done  by  Mr.  McBryde  among  the 
homesteaders  at  Kalaheo.  This  little  village  is  taking  on  the  ap- 
pearance of  a prosperous  settlement,  a place  of  homes,  the  sort 
of  thing  that  this  Territory  needs  more  than  anything  else.  For 
his  share  in  this  work — and  it  is  no  small  one — Mr.  McBryde 
deserves  high  credit. 
On  the  trip  to  Kauai  I had  the  good  fortune  to  be  accompanied 
by  Messrs.  Coert  Du  Bois,  Assistant  District  Forester  of  the 
U.  S.  Forest  Service,  Inspection  District  of  California,  and  G. 
Frederick  Schwarz  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  a consulting  for- 
ester in  private  practice.  While  in  the  woods  and  elsewhere 
there  was  opportunity  to  discuss  with  these  gentlemen  certain 
professional  problems  that  now  press  for  solution  in  Hawaii  and 
to  obtain  from  them  expressions  of  opinion  that  are  of  value  in 
the  work  in  hand. 
FOREST  EXHIBIT  FOR  SEATTLE. 
The  transport  Dix,  sailing  on  May  25,  carried  the  greater  part 
of  the  forest  exhibit  prepared  by  this  Division  for  the  Hawaii 
Commissioners  of  the  Alaska- Yukon-Pacific  Exposition.  Four 
cases  of  herbarium  material,  each  containing  60  specimens  of  na- 
tive or  island  grown  plants  and  three  open  frames  containing 
hand  specimens  of  ninety  Hawaiian  and  island  grown  woods  are 
the  chief  features  of  the  exhibit.  The  cases  are  of  Koa ; the 
specimens  being  properly  labelled  and  arranged.  Maps  and 
charts  ilustrating  the  forest  reserves  also  form  a part  of  the  ex- 
hibit. By  an  early  steamer  there  will  go  forward  several  large 
transparencies  of  local  forest  scenes  prepared  by  Mr.  R.  K. 
Bonine  under  my  direction,  to  illustrate  the  forest  work  in  the 
Territory. 
TANTALUS  FOREST. 
During  the  latter  part  of  the  month  the  laborers  from  the  Nur- 
sery and  the  Makiki  Valley  Station  have  put  in  some  time,  under 
