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the Koa forest on the land of Honiiaula, North Kona, Hawaii, 

 and the setting apart of this area as a forest reserve. 



On general principles your Committee does not approve of 

 the construction of forest reserve fences out of the funds of the 

 Board, but as this case is one out of the regular order and as the 

 necessity for fencing comes about because of action taken by a 

 former administration, before the organization of the Division 

 of Forestry, a matter over which the Board had no control, we 

 recommend that the action of the Superintendent of Forestry be 

 approved ; it being, however, understood that this recommenda- 

 tion is not to be considered as a precedent for future action. 



Your Committee approves the recommendation of the Superin- 

 tendent of Forestry that the forest area on Honuaula be made a 

 forest reserve as soon as the necessary description shall be ob- 

 tained. 



L. A. Thurston. 



Chairman. 



W. yi. GlFFARD^ 



Alfred W. Carter. 



REPORTS OF THE SUPERIXTEXDEXT OF FORESTRY 



UPON THE PROPOSED HONUAULA FOREST 



RESERVE, NORTH KONA, HAWAH. 



Honolulu, Oahu, January 8th, 1906. 

 Committee on Forestry, 



Board of Commissioners of 



Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, Oahu. 



\ 

 Gentlemen : — I beg to submit herej^vith a report upon the pro- 

 posed Honuaula Forest Reserve in North Kona, Hawaii, and to 

 recommend that the Board approve the suggestion made herein. 



As the problem of creating this reserve has been a somewhat 

 complicated one, a brief review of the matter may not be out of 

 order. The land of Honuaula lies on the western slope of ^It. 

 Hualalai, in the District of North Kona, Island of Hawaii. It 

 extends from the West Peak of Hualalai to a line approximately 

 parallel to the Government road, about 1V2 miles mauka of it. 

 The lower portion of Honuaula was laid out some years ago in 

 homestead lots which have never been opened up. This part of 



