REPORT OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY, 
JXJIiY, 1922 
Hilo, Hawaii, August 8, 1922. 
Superintendent of Forestry, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Dear Sir: 
The following routine report for July, 1922, is respectfully/ submitted: 
FOREST FENCES 
The entire month was spent on the island of Hawaii, chiefly in con- 
nection with fencing projects along the niakai boundary of the HiiO 
Forest Reserve. A total of 1.7 miles of fence was completed and op- 
proved during the month, as follows: 
Piihonua-Punahoa (John Ventura) 5188.7 feet 
Kaupakuea Homestead Lot 1 (John Souza) 650.0 feet 
Kaiwiki-3 Homestead Lot 22 (Joe de Lima) 2219.0 feet 
Opea-Peleau Homestead Lot 16 (T. de Souza) 9.10.5 feet 
8968.2 feet 
The wire for all of these fences w^as furnished by the Board of 
Agriculture and Forestry. 
As a result of conferences with the managers of the Olaa and Hilo 
Sugar Companies, the fencing of the Punahoa sections of the forest 
boundary was undertaken durijig the month. When completed this 
fence will protect two of the most important w^ater-heads in the Hilo 
Reserve. Work on this project, which includes 1.4 miles of fence, v/as 
begun on July 23,^ and by the end of the month 2800 feet of line had 
been cleared and 300 posts cut. 
Posts were also being set on the Ventura ,section of the boundary 
across Punahoa, totaling 1409 feet. This fence will be completed eaviy 
in August. 
Incomplete and unsatisfactory fences at Honomu, Opea-Peleau and 
Piha, mentioned in my June report, have not yet been approved. 
On July 6 proposed fence lines of the Olaa Forest Reserve were in- 
spected, in company with the Superintendent and Ranger Mackenzie. 
A visit to Ninole disclosed the fact that nothing has been done 
toward building the Waikaumalo fence for wiiich wire was shipped to 
John Vieira, Sr., on July 12. 
TREE PLANTING 
Inspection showed that 175 trees (EnmlypUis citriodora) were planted 
during the month by Ranger Peralto in Piihonua along the new^ Ventura 
fence. 
Mr. L. W. Bryan reports having planted, on government land, Ficnn 
trees as follows: 940 in Kaupakuea, and 1000 in Honomu. On July 21, 
in company with the Superintendent, I visited the Kauku arboretum 
which Mr. Brj^an started during the month on the private land cf 
Makahanaloa at an elevation of 1600 feet. This experimental planting, 
in which it is planned to set out all available tree species which yrc 
likely to grow there, should ultimately become a valuable guide for 
future tree planting in the region. 
