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ill which Mr. Campliell assured the Board that the work under 
tlie contract would be cheaper than the work could be done by 
the Division of Forestry, it was decided on motion that the con- 
tract for water reserves A and B, at four cents per tree for plant- 
ing and caring for the trees until they reach a height of three 
feet, be awarded to the Oahu Pineapple Company (Messrs. Win- 
ston & Looney), but that a decision on the planting of Lot C be 
reserved until next Board meeting. 
DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 
January 31, 1910. 
The Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, Hawaii. 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit the following report 
of the work of the Division of Forestry for the month of January, 
1910: 
E U CA LY PTU S I N VESTIG ATIO N . 
On January 4 Mr. Margolin went over to ITawaii to complete 
the examination of the ]ilanted groves on that island. During 
tlie first week in February he will go to Maui, where he will re- 
main for some weeks working in the groves at Haiku, Paia and 
Makawao. During his stay on Hawaii Mr. Margolin has, by my 
direction, visited the logging operations in the Puna District. 
The ])urpose of this visit was to enable him to become familiar 
with the milling of ohia, for because of ex])erience with similar 
problems in mills on the mainland, it may well be that he can ofifer 
lielpful suggestions as to the working up of the slabs and other 
waste wood into a useful by-]:>ioduct. This is a serious problem 
with ohia ; its solution would benefit both the lumber company and 
the government. 
WORK OF THE BOTANIST. 
Mr. J. F. Rock, the botanist assistant of the Division of For- 
estry, has during the past month and a half been working up plant 
collections made by him during trips taken at previous times. He 
has now examined 1127 specimens and determined 164 species. 
These specimens will be poisoned, properly mounted and labeled 
and definitely placed in the Herbarium. Mr. Rock is also prepar- 
ing, for exchange with certain other Herbariums, duplicate speci- 
mens of Hawaiian plants. In return for 96 plants recently sent to 
Dr. J. H. Vlaiden, the government botanist at Sydney, the Divi- 
sion of Forestry has received 100 plants of Australian species 
