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A total of several days was given to the compilation of data from 
the Hilo Forest Keserve map and to the checking of alterations being 
made upon it by the Survey Office. 
Respectfully Submitted, 
C. J. KRAEBEL, 
Assistant Superintendent of Forestry. 
REPORT OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY, 
JUNE, 1922 
Hilo, Hawaii, July 24, 1922. 
Superintendent of Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Dear Sir: The following statement of my activities during June, 
1922, is respectfully submitted: 
The first week of June was devoted to a report on the experimental 
forest plantings at high altitudes on Maui and Hawaii which were 
established from 1909 to 1911 under the direction of Mr. R. S. Hosmer. 
This report was completed on June 8, and will be printed in an early 
issue of the "Forester." 
On June 10, I left Honolulu for Hawaii to push the numerous pro- 
jects of required fencing along the makai boundary of the Hilo Forest 
Reserve. The projects given attention up to the end of the month are 
as follows: 
Punahoa 2nd. John Ventura, lessee of land adjacent to the gov- 
ernment land of Piihonua in the Hilo Forest Reserve, is required to 
build 5,188 feet of fence on this boundary, the wire having been sup- 
plied by the Division of Forestry. I inspected this work during con- 
struction and rejected many posts as being too small. This fence will 
be completed early in July. The mauka line of Ventura's lease, 1,327 
feet, adjacent to private land in the Reserve, has been cleared and 
posts are cut but not set; to be completed during July. Along the east 
bank of Kahoama Stream Mr. Ventura will have to build a fence of 
some 300 feet to join a fence of the Hawaii Mill Company. 
During this inspection many cattle belonging to the Andrade-Mattos 
family of Hilo were found in trespass in the Hilo Forest Reserve and 
adjacent private lands. A formal letter of notification to remove the 
cattle from the Forest Reserve within ten days was delivered in person 
on June 14, to August Andrade Mattos, senior son of the family and 
principal owner of the cattle. At a subsequent interview the time limit 
was extended to July 1st, at the request of Mr. Mattos. These cattle 
have run wild in Piihonua for so many years that it is practically im- 
possible to drive them out and it is certain that a final remnant of 
them will have to be hunted and shot. The situation in this vicinity 
can be appreciated from the fact that the Mattos family, which con- 
trols 50 acres of grazing land in Punahoa and 75 acres in Ponahawai, 
nevertheless grazes about 130 head of stock. About 3 acres of land 
are required in this region to support one adult animal under continuous 
grazing. The inference is plain that the Forest Reserves and adjacent 
private lands (over which the owners of these cattle have no control 
and for which they have neither paid rental nor received any sort of 
use-permit) have been deliberately and criminally exploited. 
This case is set forth in detail because it is only typical of what is oc- 
curring in several places along the boundaries of the forest reserves, and 
particularly along the makai boundary of the Hilo Reserve. It is 
