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The Superintendent of Forestry calls attention to the menace 
to forest and grazing lands of the wild goats which are increas- 
ing at such an alarming rate on Hawaii that assistance by the 
government in controlling them seems necessary. 
FIRE WARDENS APPOINTED. 
The following three appointments to the position of District 
Fire Warden were made by the Board of Agriculture and For- 
estry at a meeting held on February 3, 1922 : 
H. Blomfield Brown, in and for that portion of the District of 
Ewa, Oahu, lying to the west of Kamehameha Highway, to take 
the place of Wm. Weinrich, moved away. 
Robert von Tempsky, in and for the District of Kula, Maui, 
to take the place of L. von Temksky. 
William Cmnpsie, in and for that portion of the District of 
Kau, Hawaii, extending from the land of Punaluu to the Kona 
District line, to take the place of George Gibb, moved away. 
HONOLULU WATERSHED PROTECTION. 
The following three letters of the Superintendent of Forestry 
bear on the subject of the protection of the watershed of the 
city of Honolulu at the head of Palolo and Manoa Valleys, 
within the Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve and give the 
reasons why he recommended Rule V of the Division of For- 
estry which was adopted by the Board of Agriculture and For- 
estry on December 6, 1921, with a view to guarding the purity 
of the water and giving better protection to the delicate forest 
on the mountain by closing to the public an area of 1,480 acres 
of land owned entirely by the Territory. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, January 23, 1922. 
Hon. Wallace R. Farrington, 
Governor of Hawaii, 
Honolulu, H. T. 
Sir : — In response to your recent request, I have the honor to 
present the following reasons which prompted the Board of Com- 
missioners of Agriculture and Forestry, on December 6, 1921, to 
adopt Rule V of the Division of Forestry. 
Object of Rule V. 
This new rule, which is quite similar in form to Rule III ap- 
plying to the Honolulu watershed in Nuuanu Valley, approved 
