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is still easily found among the ferns, but not by any means in num- 
bers such as I found it, in the same locality, in February, 1920, before 
the parasite had been introduced. I fully expect the parasite to exert 
in a few years' time, a far greater check over the weevil than is yet in 
evidence. • 
The weevil does not appear to have spread much beyond the area 
infested by it in 1920. There are yet no signs of it in the ferns on Mr. 
Gilfard's premises, even though these grounds are adjacent to the in- 
fested region. It is almost inevitable, in view of the establishment of 
the parasite and its proven adaptability to the new environment, that 
there will be a further natural reduction in the abundance of this 
weevil and in the fern-injury caused by it. 
I hope sometime this year to spend several days in a further exam- 
ination of the fern-weevil situation to secure more exact data on the 
distribution and damage now being caused by the weevil and to de- 
termine, as accurately as possible, the extent of parasitism. 
Yours very truly, 
C. E. PEMBEETON. 
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF 
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY FOR THE 
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1922 
Forestry. — The chief work of the division of forestry has 
continued to be forest protection for water conservation pur- 
poses, supplemented by reforestation where the forest is in 
need of building up. Greater protection from damage by stock 
was given to the forest by the construction during the cal- 
endar year 1921, of 12 miles of new fences on forest reserve 
boundaries and the repairing of 16.98 miles of existing fences. 
No material changes were made in any of the forest reserve 
areas, although it is planned soon to add about 30,000 acres 
to existing reserves on Hawaii, 12,000 acres on Maui, and a 
few thousand acres on Oahu. The 47 forest reserves through- 
out the Territory now include 557,339 acres of government 
land and 259,770 acres of privately owned land, or a total of 
817,109 acres, which is about 20% of the total land area of 
the Territory. This large area is cared for by only nine forest 
rangers, far too small a force when the importance of the 
forest is considered, and 20 more rangers could be used most 
advantageously. The present force has done good work, how- 
ever, in building and repairing fences, preventing fire and 
trespass, planting trees, and ridding the reserves of stock. A 
total of 328 wild animals, including cattle, pigs, goats, and 
cats, w^ere eliminated from the reserves during the year. 
Eleven fires were detected and promptly extinguished during 
the year 1921. Most of these were only grass fires which did 
little damage. In two cases, it was possible to arrest the 
person who started the fire and bring him to justice. The 
five general nurseries on the four main islands have been im- 
proved to give the most efficient service by adding soil ster- 
ilizers and propagating houses, where necessary, and from them 
