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DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 



THE PIIHONUA FOREST. 



On June 17, 1907, the Commissioner of Pu1)lic Lands submit- 

 ted to the Board of AgricuUure and Forestry a request for in- 

 formation on an appHcation for kmibering rights on the land of 

 Piihonua, Hilo, Hawaii. 



Approving the recommendations of the vSuperintendent of For- 

 estry and the Committee on Forestry, the Board submitted to the 

 Governor the recommendation that no lumbering be permitted 

 on this land. Governor Carter sustained this action by refusing 

 to grant the desired license. 



Following are the reports of the Committee on Forestry and 

 of the Superintendent of Forestry, approved by the Board, in 

 regard thereto. 



The recommendations made in these reports are significant as 

 they more strictly define the policy of the Board in regard to lum- 

 bering than does any action heretofore taken. What is now- 

 approved is, however, c|uite in line with action previously taken 

 by the Board, as may be seen bv reference to an article entitled 

 "The Policy of the Board in regard to Lumbering" that appeared 

 in the Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist for November, 1906, 

 Vol. HI, Xo. IT, pp. 368-373. In this connection special attention 

 is called to the last paragraph of the report of the Superintendent 

 of Forestry that forms a part of that article. 



ACTION BY THE BOARD. 



Extracts from the minutes of the Board of Commissioners of 

 Agriculture and Forestrv. Meeting of July 29, 1907. 



Moved and' seconded that the report of the Forestry Committee 

 relative to the suggested lumbering of Piihonua be adopted. Car- 

 ried. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY. 



Honolulu, Hawaii. July 29, 1907. 



To the Commissioners of the 



Board of Agriculture and Forestry, 



Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : Your Committee on Forestry has had under con- 

 sideration the report of the Superintendent of Forestry, on the 

 question submitted to this Board bv the Land Commissioner of 

 permitting lumbering on a part of the land of Piihonua, in the 

 District of Hilo. 



Your Committee has carefully considered this report and the 

 reasons given by the Superintendent of Forestry for his recom- 



