354 

 PROGRESS OF FORESTRY IN HAWAII DURING 1907, 



PAPER READ BEFORE THE HAWAHAN SUGAR 

 PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION. 



By Ralph S. Hosmer, 

 Superintendent of Forestry of the Territory of Hawaii. 



(November 13, 1907.) 



Members of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association : 



Gentlemen : Following- the precedent of former years, the 

 chairman of your Committee on Forestry has again asked me 

 to appear before the Association with a statement of the 

 progress of forestry in the Territory during the past year. 

 This I am glad to do, for the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Asso- 

 ciation is one of the forces that is always to be counted on for 

 active cooperation and support in the furtherance of forestry 

 in the islands. 



Forest work in Hawaii naturally divid/cs itself into that 

 carried on byi the Territorial Division of Forestry and that 

 done by private individuals and corporations. It may be 

 treated accordingly. 



FOREST RESERVES. 



In the activities of the Division of Forestry the creation of 

 forest reserves continues to hold chief place. Since the last 

 meeting of this Association, three additional forest reserves 

 have been declared, as follows : Lualualei on Oahu, Hana on 

 Maui, and Na Pali-Kona on Kauai. The area of government 

 land in these reserves is, respectively, 3,743, 13,767, and 40,650 

 acres, or a total of 58,160 acres. Within the boundaries of the 

 Hana Forest Reserve are also 1,058 acres of privately owned 

 land ; within the Na Pali Forest Reserve 19,890 acres are in 

 private ownership. 



Other forest reserve projects now awaiting final action are 

 the proposed West Maui Forest Reserve, containing a total 

 area of 44,440 acres ; the proposed Makawao Forest Reserve, 

 also on Maui, 1,796 acres; and a section of the land of Hono- 

 uliuli, Oahu, which will make with the areas already set apart 

 on that range a good sized forest reserve on the Waianae 

 Hills. Within a short time the boundary of the proposed 

 Kohala Mountain Forest Reserve will be located on the 

 ground, when this project can be acted upon. 



Each of the forest reserves set apart during the past year 

 is made with the idea of protecting the forest on the water- 



