469 
plies  the  trees.  Planting  plans  for  the  two  tracts  are  being  pre- 
pared and  a quantity  of  trees  are  on  hand  to  be  shipped  when  the 
homesteaders  are  ready. 
NURSERY. 
Arbor  Day. — At  the  beginning  of  the  month  the  packing  up  of 
trees  for  Arbor  Day  commenced.  The  packing  and  shipping  of 
trees  to  the  other  islands  entailed  a good  deal  of  work,  and  all  the 
men  employed  at  the  Nursery,  including  the  two  seed  boys  and 
three  men  from  the  Makiki  Station,  were  kept  busy  for  about  two 
weeks  filling  the  orders  from  the  other  islands.  The  applications 
from  people  residing  in  the  neighborhood  of  Honolulu  and  out- 
side districts  of  Oahu  were  also  quite  large. 
Altogether  41,777  trees  have  been  distributed  from  the  Nursery 
to  the  different  islands,  as  follows : 
Hawaii 7,211 
Maui : 9,099 
Kauai 5,983 
Oahu 16,682 
Molokai 2,778 
Lanai 24 
41,777 
Churches  received 3,858 
Public  schools 3,844 
Private  schools 608 
General  public 33,467 
Total 41,777 
Reports  from  the  officials  in  charge  of  the  sub-nurseries  on  the 
other  islands  gives  the  total  number  of  plants  distributed  20,337. 
Divided  as  follows : 
Hawaii — Bro.  Matthias  Newell,  Hilo,  3,500  trees. 
Maui— Mr.  L.  von  Tempsky,  Haleakala  Ranch,  4,577  trees; 
Mr.  H.  B.  Penhallow,  Wailuku,  1,163  trees;  Mr.  John  Chalmers, 
Hana,  8,000  trees. 
Kauai — Mr.  Walter  McBryde,  Wahiawa,  3,097  trees. 
Grand  total  for  all  the  islands,  62,114,  including  the  41,777  dis- 
tribution from  the  Government  Nursery  in  Honolulu. 
Mr.  Walter  McBryde  also  reports  that  his  private  planting  for 
Arbor  Day  amounted  to  6,000  trees.  These  were  planted  on  Ku- 
kuiolono  Hill. 
The  sum  of  $16.50  has  been  received  for  plants  and  seed  sold, 
and  $11.50  for  dead  wood  taken  from  Tantalus  Forest. 
