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Division of Forestry. 
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY. 
Honolulu, October 26, 1910. 
Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Hono- 
lulu, Hawaii. 
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit herewith the report 
of the Division of Forestry for the month of October, 1910. Dur- 
ing this month, in addition to the routine work, the activities of 
the division have been about equally divided between prepara- 
tions for Arbor Day and matters in connection with the creation 
of proposed forest reserves. 
From October 4 to 19, I, personally, was away from Honolulu 
on the Island of Hawaii, looking into a number of matters of 
forest interest. These included a visit to the Kapapala Ranch in 
Kau, to inspect at the request of Mr. Julian Monsarrat, the man- 
ager of the ranch and the local District Forester, a growth of 
young Ohia Lehua trees that is coming up vigorously in certain 
of the paddocks. It is difficult to assign a reason why this 
particular forest should suddenly have started to grow and 
spread, but the fact remains and from a forest standpoint is 
most satisfactory. To get at the reason why this growth has 
started is a forest problem worthy of careful investigation. It is 
one that ought to and will be given attention. 
In the Puna district I visited the lumbering operations of the 
Hawaiian Development Company above Pahoa, and of Messrs. 
Cant and Bolte at Kaueleau, and saw the rubber trees in the 
Pacific Development Company’s tract. , 
About Hilo I spent some little time in getting into touch with 
forest conditions on the Government land of Waiakea, with the 
object of obtaining data on which to base recommendations to be 
made later, of definite boundaries above which the heavy forest 
on this land should be set apart as a forest reserve. 
The most important reason for my going to Hilo at this time 
was, however, to visit the Hilo sub-nursery that is carried on by 
this division under the supervision of Brother Matthias Newell. 
For a long time Brother Matthias has made tree growing his 
avocation. Now, since the Government has been able to co- 
operate by furnishing a regular laborer and a definite monthly 
stipend for expenses, it has been possible to develop the nursery 
and make it fill a larger place in the life of the Island of Hawaii. 
From the Hilo nursery it is possible to supply trees to persons 
from the Volcano House to Laupahoehoe. Just now, anticipat- 
ing the needs of Arbor Day, Brother Matthias has ready for dis- 
tribution about 20,000 trees of a variety of species, useful and 
ornamental. Thanks to the generous cooperation of the Hilo 
