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confident that a satisfactory solution will be found when the mat- 

 ter receives careful attention. With the trees growing at the 

 present rate it wall not be long before the older groves will be 

 large enough to permit systematic experiments to be begun. 



MOLOKAI. 



Returning to Honolulu for a few^ days I was again away from 

 September 3rd to September 8th on a trip to Molokai. This, my 

 first visit to that island, gave me the opportunity to inspect the 

 private forest reserve that has for a number of years been mam- 

 tained on the central mountain of Molokai by the American Sugar 

 Company; to investigate the question of the best method' of 

 handling the Algaroba forest to meet the varying demands of 

 honey production, stock feed and utilization for fuel ; and in 

 general to get in touch with the conditions existing on the west- 

 ern half of that interesting island. 



KONA, HAW^AII. 



On September loth I started on the trip from which I have 

 just returned. Going first to the Kona District on Hawaii I 

 made as thorough an inspection of the forested area from Mt. 

 Hualalai to the Kau District line as is possible, without the cut- 

 ting of numerous and expensive trails through the forest. Using 

 existing trails through the woods as a basis I made a general ex- 

 amination of the forest as a wdiole ; including both government 

 and private forest lands. 



On this basis I am prepared to make recommendations for the 

 government land, as well as to the several owners, as to methods 

 of managing this area, in accordance with the principles of for- 

 estry. Such reports are now^ in preparation; they will later be 

 brought to the attention of the Board. 



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The Forest Question in Kona. 



In this connection it seems to me appropriate to repeat the 

 statement, made in former reports of mine, that the forest ques- 

 tion in this Territory has two very distinct aspects. On the 

 windward side of the islands, especially Hawaii and Maui, in dis- 

 tricts where there is living water in springs, brooks or streams 

 that is either made use of locally, or impounded for the irriga- 

 tion of lands more or less near at hand, the forest is mainly im- 

 portant as a protective cover, and as such should be kept as nearly 

 intact as may be. On the leeward* side of the islands, on the 

 other hand, where the only living water is found in occasional 

 springs, a different treatment is indicated. Here the forest, ex- 

 cepting always such areas as may be necessary to protect the liv- 



