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been successfully grown in Hawaii. Over 900 plants have been 
sent out to persons interested in coffee growing, selected by Mr. 
Ewart. A limited number of plants remain which will be re- 
tained by this Division, planted in the Makiki Garden, and used 
to produce seed which in due time will be given out. At the 
present time the Division has no more Mocha Coffee plants for 
distribution. 
ROUTINE WORK. 
During the month of July and the first part of August my own 
time was mainly occupied with routine duties in the Honolulu 
office, having to do with the preparation of the Annual Report 
of the Board for the calendar year 1907, which is now in the 
hands of the printer ; with correspondence in regard to the pro- 
jected Arbor Day and other tree planting; with the compilation 
of forest statistics for the use of the Territorial Conservation 
Commission and with the regular routine work in the Division. 
On August 23rd, I went over to Hawaii to make examination of 
certain Government Forest Lands in the district of Puna for 
which an application for lumbering had been received from the 
Hawaiian Mahogany Lumber Company. As this section of 
Puna has been little explored it is necessary to cut numerous 
trails through the heavy woods before an accurate idea of the 
country can be had. A number of such trails had been cut prior 
to my visit which enabled me to make a partial examination of 
the tract. But before I submit a report on the area I desire to 
see more of the country. . Accordingly I plan to return to Puna 
in about a month of six weeks, by which time additional trails 
will permit me a more complete inspection of the forest. My 
report on the Lumber Company's application will therefore be 
postponed until after that visit. 
In connection with the trip to Puna I was able to make 3(1 
inspection of the last work done by the Lumber Company in the 
Koa forest on Keauhou and in the Ohia belt on the Mackenzie 
Settlement Association lots, beside looking into one or two other 
forest questions near Hilo. 
On September 5th, I joined Dr. E. V. Wilcox, Director of 
the Federal Experiment Station, and F. T. P. Waterhouse, at 
Kahului, Maui, and proceeded to Nahiku where we spent several 
days in looking over the situation and arranging the details of 
the cooperative rubber experiment described above. Returning 
overland to Haiku we had an opportunity to examine the dving 
forest in the Koolau District, collecting some specimens of the 
work of the fungus which on arrival in Honolulu were turned 
over to Dr. Lewton-Brain for identification. 
While on Maui we also made a hasty trip into the Kula Dis- 
trict to observe the conditions following the long drought and to 
