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setting apart the government lands within the boundary as com- 

 partments of the reserve. 



RESOLUTION. 



IN REGARD TO THE PROPOSED FOREST RESERVE IN THE 

 DISTRICT OF PUNA, ISLAND OF KAUAI. 



Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry 

 at the meeting held on January 17, 1906. 



Resolved, That the Forest Reserve on the east side of Kauai, em- 

 bracing the mauka part of the District of Puna, above a line drav^^n at 

 approximately the lower edge of the existing forest across the lands of 

 Anahola, Kamalomaloo, Kealia and Kapaa, District of Puna, Island of 

 Kauai, as recommended by the Committee on Forestry, on January 17th, 

 1906, based upon the report of the Superintendent of Forestry, dated 

 December 30th. 1905, and on a map and description prepared by, and now 

 on file in, the Government Survey Office, be approved. 



Resolved, That the Board recommends to the Governor that the 

 Government lands within the boundaries of the proposed Kealia Forest 

 Reserve be set apart by him, after the hearing required by law, as com- 

 partments of the Reserve. 



Resolved further, That the Board recommends to the Governor that 

 all the land 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 wathin 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, Jan. 17th, 1906. 

 To the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 



Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen : — Your Committee on Forestry has had under ad- 

 visement, the question of the forest reservation on the Govern- 

 ment lands of Anahola, Kamalomaloo and Kapaa and the land 

 of Kealia, owned by the Makee Sugar Company. 



The Forester has submitted an exhaustive report with his 

 recommendations, including also the description of the proposed 

 reservation. Your Committee have no personal knowledge of the 

 territory proposed to be incorporated in this reservation, but have 

 carefully considered the report above mentioned and do approve 

 the recommendation of the Superintendent of Forestry that this 



