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 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY. 



January i6, 1906. 

 Committee on Forestry, 



Board of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, Oahu. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit herewith a report, 

 with recommendations, upon the proposed forest reserve on the 

 western slope of the Koolau Mountains in the Ewa Basin, on 

 Oahu. The report is the outcome of a series of personal ex- 

 aminations made at different times during 1904 and 1905, when 

 portions of the reserve were visited and the location of the pro- 

 posed boundary considered on the ground. 



The first active steps toward the creation of a forest reserve in 

 the Ewa Basin were taken some three years ago when Mr. W. F. 

 Dillingham, the District Forester for Ewa, submitted to Governor 

 Dole a report, accompanied by an outline map, suggesting a for- 

 est reserve, the boundaries of which closely correspond with those 

 recommended below. The report and map are novv- on file in 

 my office. 



AREA INCLUDED. 



The area included in the Ewa Forest Reserve embraces the 

 mauka portions of the lands lying between the w^estern boun- 

 daries of Moanalua and Wahiawa. The lower boundary follows 

 approximately the lower edge of the existing forest for a good 

 share of the way, save that back of the Honolulu Plantation the 

 reserve line is somewhat lower down the slope than it is further 

 to the north. The upper boundary of the reserve is the main 

 divide along the crest of the Koolau Mountains. The lands in- 

 cluded lie for the most part in the Ewa District but two, Waianae- 

 uka and Wahiawa, are, respectively, in the Districts of Waianae 

 and Waialua. The waters from the last named lands flow 

 toward Waialua, not toward Ewa. 



The reservation of the remainder of the Koolau forest tribu- 

 tary to the Waialua Basin only waits the completion of a de- 

 scription of the forest line. This in hand, the reserve will be 

 extended to cover the area from Wahiawa to Waimea, all pri- 

 vatelv owned land. 



