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land in the district, there is not enough other land available for 

 an independent cattle ranch. The only cattle now raised in 

 Hana are a small herd owned by a Portuguese butcher, and 

 for the most part these animals are grazed on the lower lands 

 that were formerly used as cane fields by the Hamoa planta- 

 tion. Much of this section of the Hana District is now covered 

 by a dense stand of lantana. Somewhat higher up guava and 

 sumach are found in scattering clumps, which in coming years 

 will doubtless serve as centers of distribution for these trees. 

 If the lantana on the lower lands were cleared off there seems 

 to be no reason why this section should not produce as much 

 and as good sugar as formerly, if indeed the lands have not 

 been im.proved by lying fallow. 



For the reasons outlined above the area inclosed by the 

 boundaries described below should, in my judgment, be created 

 a forest reserve, and the government land within the same set 

 apart by the Governor in as large an area as is now possible, 

 while the reserve should be added to by the setting apart of the 

 other government land as from time to time the leases on them 

 expire and the)^ become available. 



Following is a popular description of the line which I rec- 

 ommend be adopted as the boundary of the Hana Forest 

 Reserve and approved at this time as the forest line in the 

 Hana District, above which government land should not be 

 again leased. As stated above a technical description will be 

 compiled later and submitted to the Board in a supplementary 

 report. 



Description of the Forest Line, District of Hana, Island of Maui. 



Beginning at Puu Hinai on boundary line between the Dis- 

 tricts of Hana and Koolau the line should run in a general 

 southeasterly direction across the lands of jMakapuu (gov't.). 

 West Honomaele (fee simple), East Honomaele, Kawela and 

 Kaeleku (all government), to a point on the shoulder of the 

 hill called Olopawa, a few hundred feet northeast of the Gov- 

 ernment Trig Station ; thence across the lands of Honokalani, 

 Wakiu and Kawaipapa, (all government,) to a point on the 

 pali of the Kawaipapa Gulch at the northwest corner of the 

 fee simple land of Nmmalu ; thence along the boundary divid- 

 ing the government land from the various grants and awards 



