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The lodgepole pine seeds secured from Colorado are germinating well in 
the Honolulu, Maui and Hawaii nurseries and as soon as the young seed- 
lings are large enough they will be distributed for planting in various 
situations. 
Eeply postal cards were sent out to all tree planters for the purpose of 
securing statistics on the number of species of trees planted during 1921. 
FENCING. 
During the month a new fence .61 mile in length was constructed in 
cooperation with the Puu Oo Eanch on a part of the neM^ boundary of the 
Hilo Forest Reserve on the line between the government land of Piha and 
the private land of Honohina. 
Fencing under construction and arrangements for additional fencing on the 
boundaries of this same reserve at Waikaumalo and Kaiwiki progressed 
during the month but details as to the actual amount of fencing completed 
during the month have not yet been received from Eanger Peralto. 
Ranger Mackenzie reports that all the fences on the boundaries of Sec- 
tion C of the Olaa Forest Park Reserve, Hawaii, are now in good shape 
with the exception of a stretch of 800 feet at 22 Miles on the Volcano 
Road for the repair of which posts are now being cut. 
HILO FOREST RESERVE. 
Mr. Hockley finished the field work in connection with the resurvey of 
the Hilo Forest Reserve boundary and the new Waiakea Forest Reserve and 
is now working on the maps and descriptions. On December 16, while on 
Hawaii, I inspected and approved the boundary line of the latter reserve 
where it skirts the edge of the heavy woods south of the Waiakea home- 
steads. 
KEAUOHANA FOREST RESERVE. 
On the same day the boundaries of the Keauohana Reserve were pointed 
out to my assistant and to Ranger Mackenzie and the latter was instructed 
to mark the corners with the standard pipe monuments. The forest, which 
consists of ohia and kopiko trees and ie-ie vines and is on the road to 
Kalapana, is in excellent condition and does not appear to be in need at 
present of protection by fencing. 
ADDITION TO UPPER WAIAKEA FOREST RESERVE. 
From December 9 to 13, I inspected the mauka end of the land of Waia- 
kea to determine what portions of it should be included in the contemplated 
addition to the present upper Waiakea Forest Reserve. Starting out from 
the Volcano House with my assistant we passed along the mauka boundary 
of this land Avhich coincides approximately with the trail to the Puu Oo 
Ranch, a distance of 35 miles. Most of the 15,000 acres under consideration 
is well forested except for recent lava flows and only two kipukas are 
suitable and workable as grazing propositions. These will be left out of 
the description which the Territorial Surveyor has been requested to fur- 
nish. 
Wild goats by the hundreds were observed in this upper country and, in 
my opinion, they will soon overrun the land in such numbers that it will be 
necessary for the Territory to assist in controlling them by employing pro- 
fessional hunters. 
With the kind assistance of Dr. Shutte of the Puu Oo Ranch and his 
cowboys, three main triangulation stations — Mawae, Kahiliku and Kipu, 
were located and substantially flagged in anticipation of their use in the 
near future by the surveyor. 
