391 



Resolved, that the lioard recommends to the Governor that 

 the government lands lying within the boundaries of said pro- 

 posed Lnalualei Forest Reserve be set apart by him, subject to 

 vested riglits therein, after the liearing required 1)v law, as the 

 ''Lualualei Forest Reserve." 



This resolution was adopted by the I'oard of Agriculture 

 and Forestry on October 31, 1906. 



REPORTS OF THE CO^rMITTEE ON FORESTRY. 

 WAL\NAE-KAT. 



ITonohdu, T. H., August 8, 1906. 

 Board of A gii culture and Forestrv, 

 City. 



Gentlemen : Your Committee on Forestry hereby report 

 upon the proposed forest reserve on the land of Waianae-kai, 

 District of Waianae, Island of Oahu, recommended by For- 

 ester Hosmer by report dated July 31, igo6. 



Your committee are familiar with the localit}' in question 

 and have cnnsulted the leading property owners in that vicin- 

 ity. The land included in the proposed forest reserve is, with 

 the exception of a few kuleanas, all government land under 

 lease to the Waianae Plantation, which lease has about three 

 years to run. 



The proposed reserve is the mountain country on the ridge 

 between the valley of Waianae and Makaha and also runs 

 along the Kaala ridge dividing Waianae from the basin in 

 which Wabiawa is located. 



The land covered by the proposed reserve is. most of It, 

 almost inaccessible and is, all of it, suitable for forest' reserve 

 purposes. It constitutes the water shed of the entire Waianae 

 valley and also aflects the water shed of the North and East 

 slope of the Waianae Range. 



The Waianae Plantation has signified its willingness to sur- 

 render its lease on the proposed reserve for the purpose of 

 securing the establishment of the proposed reserve and will at 

 its own expense run a fence along the lower line of the re- 

 serve to keep out horses and cattle. 



The plantation has already fenced out the upper portion of 

 the proposed reserve and planted manv trees thereon and has 

 signified its desire and willingness to continue planting trees 



