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objects of the reserve and to better advantage than in any 

 other way. The areas of open land are at too high an eleva- 

 tion, too restricted in size and too far distant from the coast 

 to have other value than for some such purpose. 



The only agricultural land in the canyons inside of the 

 forest line is found in the Koaie gulch, a branch of the Wai- 

 mea canyon. This area, which could be used for grazing, has 

 been excluded, bv description, from the Reserve. The area is 

 530 acres. 



RECOMMENDATION. 



On the basis of the facts herein set forth I now^ recommend 

 that the Board requests the- Governor to create as the Na 

 Pali-Kona Forest Reserve the area within the boundary here- 

 inafter technically described and to set apart as portions there- 

 of, after the hearing required by law, the unleased portions of 

 the government land in the District of Na Pali (to be set 

 apart definitely and at once) and the leased portions of the 

 government lands of Na Pali and Waimea (to be set apart 

 under the provisions of Chapter 28 of the Revised Laws, as 

 amended by Act No. 4 of the Session Laws of 1907), within 

 the boundary of the Na Pali-Kona Forest Reserve. 



DESCRIPTION. 



[Here follows in the original a technical description of the 

 Reserve boundary, prepared by the Survey Department. It 

 is here omitted as it also forms a part of the official proclama- 

 tion, to be published in full in a later issue.] 



Very respectfully, 



Ralph S. IIosmer, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



BY AUTHORITY. 



Notice is hereby given that C. S. Holloway, Esq., has been 

 appointed President of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 vice W. M. Gift'ard, resigned. 



, A. L. C. Atkinson, 



Secretary of Hawaii. 



Executive Building, Honolulu, iVIay 21, 1907. 



