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MIKILUA NUESEEY. 
On September 7, I located, staked out and mapped a suitable area in 
the Lualualei Forest Ecserve near Mikilua for a dry land arboretum 
where trees may be planted, accurately registered, and watched to de- 
termine their ability to grow under existing conditions. New trees 
recently introduced by the H. 8'. P. A. and trees of our own will be 
tried out here. The first planting consisted of ten specimens of the 
tesota bean tree (Olneya tesota), recently introduced from Arizona. 
CHAULMOOGEA PLANTATION. 
An inspection of the tree plantations in the Waiahole Forest Eeserve 
on September 4, showed that the chaulmoogra trees had pulled through 
the summer in a remarkably fine manner and had rather been benefitted 
by the dry weather. Hardly a single failure was noticed and the young 
trees are putting on vigorous new growth. The interplanted koa trees 
will soon give the chaulmoogra trees complete protection. 
FOEEST FENCING. 
Hilo Forest Reserve. The following fencing project on the Hilo 
forest reserve boundary was completed during the month: 
Piha Lots 1 to 4, in cooperation with Wm. Breithaupt, .77 mile. 
Progress has been made on other projects as follows: 
Waikaumalo, in cooperation with John Vieira, .51 mile of fence has 
been completed and all of the posts on the remainder of the line have 
been set for a distance of .89 mile. 
Humuula, in cooperation with Kaiwiki Sugar Company. The posts 
along the whole length of the project (.27 mile) have all been set. 
Honomu, Lot 17, in cooperation with V. C'arrera. The posts along 
the whole length of the project (.14 mile) have been set. 
Punahoa 2. Privately owned land. The posts have all been set on 
the total boundary of 1.75 miles with the exception of a distance of 
400 feet. 
The following two new fencing projects were started on the boun- 
daries of this reserve during the month: 
Laupahoehoe homesteads Lots 23, 24, 25, in cooperation with Shojiro 
Yoshina, .18 mile. 
Laupahoehoe homesteads Lots 31, 34, 35, in cooperation with Vida 
Ishibashi, .32 mile. 
Olaa Forest Reserve. The hog proof fence being built on the boun- 
dary of this reserve in the region of 24 Miles in cooperation with 
S. Kanamori, which is 1.13 miles long, has all been completed with the 
exception of the top wire for a distance of 800 feet. Work is still 
going on in connection with the fencing of the portion of the boundary 
of this same reserve near 22 l^iles in cooperation with N. Holowaty, 
but progress is slow. 
Repairs to existing fences on the boundaries of the Kealia and 
Moloaa Eeserves on Kauai have been made by Ranger Lovell during the 
month and totalled 1,096 feet. 
On September 19, I had a conference with the manager of the Kekaha 
Sugar Company, who promised that, as required by General Lease 
No. 1435 of the Waimea upper lands, he would begin at once the con- 
struction of the 1.21 miles of fence on the forest reserve boundary near 
Puukapele on the Waimea Canyon ridge. 
EEMOVAL OF CATTLE. 
Toward the latter part of the month Eanger L. W. Bryan captured 
in trespass on the government land of Laupahoehoe within the Hilo 
