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the Governor at anv time. For the reasons stated above I 

 recommend that the Board take the requisite action to cause 

 this area to be set apart as the I.ualualei Forest Reserve. 



Below is the technical description of the proposed Lualualti 

 Forest Reserve boundary, prepared by Mr. F. E. Harvey of 

 the Survey Office. It may be noted that the area of the reserve, 

 3,7-13 acres, is less than the balance of Lualualei not under 

 lease, called for in the last Fand List. This is accounted for 

 by the fact that the reserve does not take in certain lands ma- 

 kai and to the Southwest of Lot Xo. 7. Following is the de- 

 scription : 



[The technical description is here omitted as it will later be pub- 

 lished as a part of the official proclamation.] 



The original of the above description is filed in the Terri- 

 torial Survey Office as C. S. F. 1659. The area is 3,743 acres. 



JJ'aia)ioc-koi. 



In Waianae-kai the water question is also the predominant 

 one and forms the reason for the creation of a forest reserve 

 in this valley. In this case the water is needed for the develop- 

 ment of power and the irrigation of cane on leased govern- 

 ment land. Some water is also needed for use on various 

 native kuieanas. The whole land of Waianae-kai is now under 

 lease to the Waianae (Plantation) Company — to run until July 

 I, iQO() — but as the lessees are desirous of effecting a new set- 

 tlement some arrangement as to the setting apart of the forest 

 land can probably be arrived at before the two-year limit, by 

 the surrender of a part of the land leased or otherwise. The 

 total area of Waianae-kai is 5,510 acres. The area of forest 

 and waste land is approximately 3,000 acres. 



It is the desire of the plantation that all the land above a line 

 drawn from Kawaopuu to Puu Kolealiilii and from the latter 

 point to the pumping station at the makai end of the ridge 

 making the Northern side of the valley, be created and set apart 

 as a forest reserve. At present some of the upper land is used 

 for grazing cattle belonging to the plantation but this depart- 

 ment is soon to be given up and the cattle removed. 



In fixing the forest line the question of the availability of 

 any of the upper land for agriculture was carefully considered. 

 Above the line recommended in this report there is, with the 

 exception of the old cofYee plantation to be discussed later, no 



