The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-19
AGRICULTURE
AND FORESTRY
Very interesting Report of the
April Work of the
Division.

April Work of the
| Division.
| Following is the report of the Divi-
sion of Forestry for April:
Honolulu, Hawaii, May IL. 1909.
Board of Commissioners of Agriculture
and Forestry, Honolulu.
Gentlemen: / have the honor to SUBJ
NIT the regular report of the Division
of Forestry for the month of April:
Forest Reserve Projects.
During the first part of the month
my own time was largely occupied with
the preparation of several reports in
connection with projects to set apart
additional areas of forest land ON the
Islands of Hawaii, Maui and Kauai.
as forest reserves. These projects in
clude the proposed Mauna Kea forest
reserve on Hawaii, the proposed Wal
hou spring reserve, and a modification
Of the boundary of the existing Maka-
wac forest reserve on Maui, and the
proposed Lihue1Koloa and Moloaa for
est reserves on Kauai. During the
month / also submitted to the board
/
| with government forest land on Hawaii
Waiea, in South Kona, and Ualapue and
Kahananui on Molokai.
Cutting of Dead Wood on waianae-uka
On April Is and Is I made an in
speetion of the wood cutting operations
on the land Of Waianae-uka above Wa
hiawa on the Island of Oahu As
result of this inspection / submitted a
report to the board under the date Of
April 90, making certain recommends.
tions in regard to the conditions under
which the work should be done under
| the extension Of the license TO cut.
These recommendations were approved
| by the board and have since been in
corporated In new agreement between
the Land Commissioner and the licen-
see, Mr.. W. L. Hopper. The object is
the better protection of the under
growth that is coming up on the land
burnt over some years ago.
Tree Planting on Haleakala.
From April 90. to April 81 I was
away from Honolulu on the Island of
Maui, making an inspection of the in
closures erected on the land of Kalia-
hnui ON the upper slopes of Haleakala
where, under the appropriation of the
q. S. Forest Service, experiments are to
be conducted in planting coniferous
trees from the Temperate Zone. The
york of enclosing these plots has been
completed in satisfactory manner. The
planting will begin in the near future.
Exhibit for the Exposition at Seattle.
During the month Of April practical,
ly all Vt the time of MI. Rock, the
botanical assistant, and not little of
my own, has been given to preparing
the exhibit of Hawaiian woods and
plants THAT is to go to the Alaska
Ynkon-Pacifc Exposition, to be held
| this sumnier at Seattle. The collection
| has been carefully prepared and should
be of cor siderable interest. In addi-
ton to tile wood specimens and the
herbarium material, maps and charts
I, showing the existing forest reserves
| viii also BIZ sent.
Planting Plan for Kukaiau Lands.
A detailed planting plan, the result
of visit to the lands of the Kukaiau
| Plantation Company ranch made
some time ago, was drawn up by Mr..
Haughs during April to assist the com
pany in carrying out their agreement
| with the government to plant these
lands with forest trees.
Miscell aneous Work
| In connection with the preparation
of herbarium material there has now
been got togethsr in usabIe shape con-
siderable inform alton in regard to the
| names and uses If native Hawaiian and
introduced plan $. 1t is the intention
| to continue the preparation of this ma
| terial until it an be made of use to
the general pub ic in the form of pop
ular bulletins. There is very marked
need for just su h publications, but be-
fore they can e issued much careful
scientific work as to be DONE
Requests for forest trees and seed
for planting G ntinue to come from
/ plantations and others in the different
/ parts of the T rritory. Arrangements
are going fors ard whereby by next
fall trees i'll gos numbers can be given
out from the substation at Kalaheo
on the Island Kauai, and also from
another station about to be established
in the Hilo triet, on the Island of
Hawaii.
Il Very sspeetfully,
+ ALPH S. HOSMER,
| C,na ntandant IF FoTaStrv