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LOCATION. 



The area in question is that portion of the government land 

 of Makawao, sometimes called the Haleakala Tract, in the Dis- 

 trict of Hamakuapoko, Island of Maui, to the east of the Kahaka- 

 pao Gulch and between the Falls of Pali o ka Moa and the hiil 

 known as Puu Kakae. The tract may be roughly described as 

 lying on the northwestern slope of Mt. Haleakala, bounded' ju 

 the north and east by the Koolau Forest Reserve, on the south by 

 the land of Kalialinui and on the west and northwest by the re- 

 mainder of the land of Makawao, and containing 1796 acres. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Makawao is a government land. In December, 1874, it was 

 leased to the Board of Education for a nominal sum, and soon 

 after subleased by that department at a fair rental for the remain- 

 der of the term. The lease, which was held of late years by the Ha- 

 leakala Ranch Company, expired on March 26, 1904, since then the 

 land' has continued to be used by the ranch under a tenancy at wdl. 

 The land is therefore not now under lease. 



The control of Makawao by the Board of Education explains 

 the reason for the words "Board of Education" that appear across 

 the land on the government map of Maui. 



The question of the reservation of this part of Makawao has 

 already received favorable consideration from the Board, in con- 

 nection with a proposal made in November, 1904, by the Haleakala 

 Ranch Company to exchange certain adjoining forest lands for the 

 remainder of Makawao, whereby those lands and the portion of 

 Makawao now under consideration were to be made a forest re- 

 serve. I submitted a report at the time which is now on file in the 

 office of the Board. The proposed exchange was not approved by 

 the Governor. Consequently the matter was dropped. Later w^hen 

 the question of setting apart the forested portion of Makawao 

 again came up it was decided to wait until an accurate description 

 of the boundary could be had. Such a description is now in-hand 

 and forms a part of this report. 



OBJECT. 



The objects of the proposed Makawao Forest Reserve are to 

 afford permanent protection to the forest cover on the water sheds 

 of the streams rising ^vithin its limits and to extend to its natural 

 western boundary the forest area in part protected by the existing 

 Koolau Forest Reserve. The arguments made for the creation 

 of the Koolau reserve are equally applicable, so far as its area 

 goes, to the tract now proposed to be set apart. These have 

 already been set forth at length in my report on the Koolau Reserve 

 and need not be repeated here as that report, made under the date 



