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between conspicuous points on the ridges ; the idea being, in 

 common with other forest reserve lines, that if it should be- 

 come necessary to fence the boundary, the fence would be 

 built on the best natural lines between these points. To ex- 

 clude the land desired by Mr. Rowell would push the bound- 

 ary back and make it run directly at the base of the main pali, 

 leaving outside all the gently sloping area. Neither the total 

 area nor the area on any one land excluded from the reserve 

 can be told exactly at this time, but the total area for the three 

 lands would probably be something less than one thousand 

 acres. 



As the im'portant streams head high up in the mountains 

 and are only aftected in a slight degree if at all by the strip in 

 question, its retention in the reserve is not a matter of great 

 importance. It was included in the first place because being 

 unavailable for agriculture and under forest it appeared to be- 

 long with the reserve rather than with the lower land. 



From my previous study of the general situation, with the 

 additional acquaintance with the district gained by looking 

 at the problem from this new point of view, I believe that the 

 reserve boundary can be modified without detriment to the 

 value of the reserve as a whole, especially as the portion pro- 

 posed to be excluded would still remain at least in part under 

 a cover of trees. 



For this reason I recommend that the makai line of the 

 Halelea Forest Reserve be so relocated as to exclude the area 

 desired by jNIr. Rowell. 



In connection with the w^ork at Hanalei ]\Ir. Harvey is soon 

 to locate the points on the proposed line. When his descrip- 

 tion is at hand I shall transmit a copy of it to this Committee, 

 with the further recommendation that it be adopted as the 

 official line, after a public hearing held under the terms of 

 Chapter 28 of the Revised Laws as amended by Act 65 of the 

 Session Laws of 1905. 



The present recommendation is made with the full under- 

 standing that if followed it will tend to establish a precedent 

 for future action, although by no means one which must nec- 

 essarily be followed in all cases, for in forest reserve matters 

 each case is decided on its own merits. It is made advisedly 

 as another link in the chain of forest policy that is gradually 

 being forged for this Territory. For when it becomes pos- 

 sible without detriment to the main object of a given forest 

 reserve, to develop in a legitimate and profitable way poten- 

 tially agricultural land that may have been included within its 

 boundaries, I believe it is not only good policy but good sense 

 to do so. 



