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operation of the Alakee Sugar Company, that the portion of Kea- 

 lia lying within the reserve may be administered with the other 

 lands to the best interests of the reserve as a whole. 



OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARY. 



Following is the technical description of the boundary of the 

 Kealia Forest Reserve, prepared by Mr. F. E. Harvey of the 

 Government Survey : 



[The technical description of the boundary is here omitted, as 

 it is somewhat lengthy and will be published later in this maga- 

 zine as a part of the proclamation creating the reserve.] 



Very respectfully, 



Ralph S. Hosmer, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



ElVA FOREST RESERVE. 



At the meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture 

 and Forestry, held on February 7, 1906, the reports of the Com- 

 mittee on Forestry and of the Superintendent of Forestry on the 

 proposed Ewa Forest Reserve on Oahu, were approved, and 

 a resolution in regard thereto adopted. Following the 

 usage of the Board the resolution and reports are published here- 

 with : 



RESOLUTION. 

 •IN REGARD TO THE PROPOSED EWA FOREST RESERVE. 



Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry 

 on February y, igo6. 



Resolved, That all of those certain lands in the Ewa Basin, on the 

 Island of Oahu, bounded on the southwest by approximately the lower 

 edge of the existing forest, on the northeast by the crest of the Koolau 

 Mountains, on the east by and including the land of Halawa, District of 

 Ewa, and on the west by and including the land of Wahiawa, in the Dis- 

 trict of Waialua, as recommended by the Committee on Forestry, on 

 February 5th, 1906, based upon the report of the Superintendent of For- 

 estry, dated January i6th, as more particularly appears by and on a map 

 and description now on file in the office of this Board, and made a part 



