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etc., to develop in a legitimate and profitable way, without 

 detriment to the main object of a given forest reserve, poten- 

 tially agricultural land that may have been included in that 

 reserve, the Board does not oppose the modifying of the re- 

 serve boundaries, upon demand, as provided by law. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY. 



Honolulu, T. H., Nov. i, 1906. 

 Board of Agricuture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : Your Committee on Forestry beg to report that 

 they have had under consideration the report of the Superin- 

 tendent of Forestry, dated Oct. 15th, 1906, concerning a pro- 

 posed modification of the Halelea Forest Reserve, in the Dis- 

 trict of Halelea, Island of Kauai. 



In his report the Superintendent of Forestry points out that 

 because of the development of the rubber industry in the 

 Islands it has become possible to use a portion of the area 

 now included in the reserve for a rubber plantation, and that 

 this can be done without interfering with the value of the 

 reserve as a whole. He accordingly recommends that the 

 reserve boundary be so modified as to exclude the section in 

 question. 



This is the first case to come up under Act 65 of the Laws 

 of 1905, which provides for altering the boundaries and area 

 of existing forest reserves. Action taken in these premises 

 will therefore in a measure establish a precedent. 



Your Committee have carefully considered the question and 

 while reserving an expression of opinion upon the relocation 

 of the boundary until more data are in hand, do hereby ap- 

 prove the general position taken by the Superintendent of 

 Forestry. 



To this end your Committee recommend that the Board ap- 

 prove, as defining its policy on this point, the statement that 

 when it becomes possible through changed conditions of mar- 

 ket transportation, etc., to develop in a legitimate and profita- 

 ble way, without detriment to the main object of a given 

 forest reserve, potentially agricultural land that may have 

 been included in that reserve, the Board is in favor of modify- 

 ing the reserve boundaries upon demand, as provided by law. 



We remain, Your obedient servants, 



L. A. Thurston, 

 W. M. Giffard, 

 Committee on Forestry. 



