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ARBOR  DAY. 
During  the  first  half  of  November,  practically  the  entire  time  of 
the  staff  of  the  Division  of  Forestry  was  devoted  in  one  way  or 
another  to  the  free  distribution  of  trees  for  Arbor  Day  planting 
that  this  year  formed  a special  feature  of  the  observance  of  that 
day.  By  proclamation  of  Governor  Frear,  November  12  was 
designated  Arbor  and  Conservation  Day,  and  was  generally  ob- 
served throughout  the  Territory.  Mr.  Haugh’s  report  which  is 
submitted  herewith,  gives  the  details  of  the  distribution,  both  from 
the  Government  Nursery  and  from  the  sub-stations  that  have  been 
established  on  the  other  islands.  It  will  be  seen  that  altogether 
over  62,000  trees  were  given  out. 
ADDRESS  BEFORE  HAWAIIAN  SUGAR  PLANTERS'  ASSOCIATION. 
On  Tuesday  afternoon,  November  16,  I gave  a brief  talk  be- 
fore the  members  of  the  Hawaiian  Sugar  Planters’  Association. 
EUCALYPTUS  STUDY. 
On  November  29,  Mr.  Louis  Margolin,  Forest  Examiner  in 
the  U.  S.  Forest  Service,  arrived  from  San  Francisco  to  under- 
take the  examination  of  the  planted  eucalyptus  forests  In  Hawaii, 
the  study  to  be  carried  on  jointly  by  the  Division  of  Forestry  and 
the  U.  S.  Forest  Service.  During  the  last  days  of  the  month  I 
have  devoted  considerable  time  to  putting  Mr.  Margolin  in  touch 
with  the  local  situation,  through  visits  to  Tantalus  and  Nuuanu. 
The  object  of  the  investigation  is  to  ascertan  from  existing 
groves,  figures  that  can  be  used  in  estimating  probable  returns 
from  eucalyptus  plantations.  A part  of  the  investigation  will 
consist  of  measurements  of  felled  trees.  For  some  time,  since  the 
control  of  the  forest  on  Tantalus  has  come  back  into  the  Govern- 
ment’s hands,  it  has  been  the  intention  of  the  Division  of  Forestry 
to  do  certain  thinning  in  the  planted  forest  of  Tantalus.  The 
opening  up  of  some  of  the  closer  stands  of  the  Tantalus  forest 
will  be  begun  in  the  near  future.  The  trees  that  are  cut  in  this 
way  can  also  be  utilized  in  the  present  investigation.  All  the  cut- 
ting will  be  done  under  the  personal  supervision  of  the  representa- 
tives of  the  Division  of  Forestry. 
MAINLAND  TREES  FOR  THE  HIGHER  MOUNTAINS. 
By  the  Alameda,  arriving  on  November  26th,  there  were  re- 
ceived a shipment  of  1,000  trees  of  each  of  the  following  four 
kinds,  from  one  of  the  Forest  Service  Nurseries  near  San  Ber- 
nardino, Southern  California:  Jeffrey  Pine,  Coulter  Pine,  Incense 
Cedar,  Deodar  Cedar. 
These  trees  were  immediately  transshipped  in  equal  lots  for 
planting  respectively,  on  the  upper  slopes  of  Mauna  Kea  and 
