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hereof, be approved as a forest reserve, to be called the "Ewa Forest Re- 

 serve." 



Resolved, That the Board recommends to the Governor that the Gov- 

 ernment lands within the boundaries of the said proposed Ewa Forest Re- 

 serve be set apart by him, after the hearing required by law, as compart- 

 ments of the said Reserve. 



Resolved further, That the Board recommends to the Governor that 

 all the lands within the said described boundaries be approved by him to 

 be set apart as a Forest Reserve, subject to all private rights and titles, 

 and that all owners of private lands lying within said boundaries be re- 

 quested to co-operate with the Board of Agriculture and Forestry in re- 

 serving all of said lands for forestry purposes, in accordance with the 

 terms of Chapter 28 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY. 



Honolulu, T. H., Feb. 5, 1906. 

 Board of Agriculture and Forestry, 



Honolulu T. H. 



Gentlemen : — Your Committee on Forestry have received from 

 Mr. R. S. Hosmer, Superintendent of Forestry, a report upon 

 a proposed forest reserve along the west slope of the Koolau 

 Range, extending from the boundary of the Honolulu District 

 to and including the land of Wahiawa, on the Island of Oahu. 



The proposed reserve lies entirely within the Ewa District ex- 

 cept two lands, Waianae-uka, which is in the District of Waianae, 

 and Wahiawa, which is in the District of Waialua. 



The mauka boundary is the crest of the Koolau Range of moun- 

 tains and the makai boundary is a line drawn along approxi- 

 mately the present lower edge of the forest and ranging from an 

 approximate elevation above sea level of from 800 to 1000 feet. 



The total area of the proposed reserve is approximately 28,550 

 acres, of which approximately 4,759 acres is government land 

 not now under lease and available for immediate segregation as a 

 forest reserve. 



With very limited exceptions the land lying above the forest 

 line is so broken with deep gulches with almost precipitous sides, 

 that the land is unavailable for agricultural purposes and of but 

 little value for pasturage purposes. Even if the land proposed 

 to be reserved were much better suited for cultivation and pastur- 

 age that it is, your Committee are of the opinion that it would be 

 wise economy to reserve it for forest purposes, as the lands lying 



