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which starts on the ridge about opposite the Oahu Country Club, is 
on the whole much further makai than the old line. Where it crosses 
the land of Kapalama it is 1.19 miles below the old line and includes 
190 acres of this land. The owners have approved of the new line and 
are ready to fenc'e it and to plant up the open areas so that the land 
will function to the best advantage as a true forest reserve. The new 
line taikes in 260 acres of the land of Kamananui, which is at present 
under lease for grazing purposes with the result that cattle are making 
havoc of the water-producing forest in the hinterland. A suggestion to 
the owners in trust of this land that it be protected from damage mauka 
of the new reserve boundary line brought the answer that they must 
secure revenue from the land and that if the government wanted it they 
were willing to consider an exchange. Across Kalihi Valley the line 
on the south side has been moved about 892 feet mauka to follow a 
natural barrier and to exclude some pineapple land, but on the north side 
the line has been moved about 1000 feet makai so as to include about 
50 acres of government land which formerly was not within the reserve. 
The Land Commissioner has called to my attention the government 
land of Kia-Malama in Puna, Hawaii, which consists of about 2,000 
acres of ohia forest. An application to lease this land for grazing was 
recently refused by the Land Board. As soon as the opportunity arrives, 
this land will be examined with a view to making it a forest reserve. 
ADVICE ON LAND RECLAMATION. 
Half a day was spent in company with a representative of the 
B. P. Bishop Estate in examining the land on the west slope of Koko 
Crater, which drains into the Kuapa fish pond and in giving advice con- 
nected with the reclamation of the land. In general, the further wash 
from the slope into the pond may be prevented to some extent by 
damming at frequent intervals the small gulleys which cut this land 
and by encouraging the growth of wild vegetation which may be effected 
by the removal of grazing animals from this particular area. 
TEACHING FOEESTEY. 
At the direction of the President, my assistant and I began a course 
of instruction in forestry at the University of Hawaii on September 13, 
which will continue until January 15, 1923. On Mondays from 9 to 10, 
I give one lecture, and on Wednesdays at the same hour my assistant 
takes the class. Each of us alternately on Monday afternoons conducts 
a field period of three hours. There are 14 juniors and seniors of the 
sugar technology course receiving this instruction which embraces the 
history of forestry, forest protection, forest mapping, dendrology, forest 
planting, silvics and forest mensuration. Particular stress is being laid 
on the importance of protecting the native wet forests so that they 
will conserve water to the best advantage. Preparation for this teach- 
ing work necessitates our working at home in the evenings and on 
Sundays when we would ordinarily devote the time to recreation, but it 
is our hope that the course may develop some good material for our 
ranger force and that our extra efforts may thus be rewarded by the 
improvement in our forest service. 
HILO EESEEVE. 
A lengthy news item on the work done this summer in whipping the 
Hilo Forest Eeserve into shape, particularly by the construction of 
fences on the new maikai boundary of the reserve was prepared at the 
direction of the President. This was published in the Honolulu Adver- 
tiser of September 10, well illustrated by photographs and a map of 
the reserve especially prepared by my assistant. 
