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with, relative to the request of the Hawaiian Mahogany Lumber 

 Company, Limited, to report on the proposition to lumber certain 

 portions of the districts of Kona and Hilo, and hereby report that 

 they approve of the recommendations of the Forester in said report 

 contained and recommend that a copy of the said report be 

 furnished to the said Hawaiian Mahogany Lumber Company, 

 Limited, as a reply of this Board to their communication dated 

 August 6th last. 



Respectfully submitted, 



L. A. Thurston, 



W. M. GiFFARD. L 



Committee on Forestry. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY. 



Oct. 3, 1906. 

 Committee on Forestry, 



Board of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : 



At the meeting of the Board held on August 8th, the following 

 letter was referred to me for consideration and report: 



Honolulu, August 6th, 1906. 



Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : 



We are desirous of obtaining an expert opinion as to what koa 

 in the Kona and Hilo districts, embodying land belonging to the 

 following parties: John Maguire, Mrs. E. Greenwell, Buchholtz 

 Estate (controlled by H. Hackfeld & Co.), John D. Paris, Colonel 

 Norris, Mrs. Richardson, Dr. Hutchinson, and the Wilsons, to- 

 gether with Government land, could be lumbered without danger 

 of injury to the forests or the water supply in that district. As 

 Mr. Hosmer is the only authority on forestry in this Territorv, 

 we desire, if possible, to obtain his services in this matter. 



