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drawal at his own cost and expense construct a stock-proof legal 

 fence, which is satisfactory to the Superintendent of Forestry, 

 along the western boundary of such withdrawn land, shall main- 

 tain such fence during the remainder of the term of this lease in 

 good stock-proof condition, shall make every endeavor to keep 

 stock from getting through such fence onto the land so with- 

 drawn and s^iall remove or exterminate at once any stock which 

 may get through such fence onto the land so withdrawn/' 



FOREST RESERVE WITHDRAWALS. 



After a public hearing held on April 4, at which the matter 

 was fully discussed, the Governor on April 20 signed a procla- 

 mation withdrawing the Island of Kahoolawe from the forest 

 reserve. The reasons for this action were, briefly, as follows : 

 The island is not water-producing and it would be foolish to 

 waste money in the almost impossible task of trying to reforest 

 the bare top of the island ; the algaroba is now satisfactorily 

 established on the rest of the island ; although approximately 

 5000 goats have been exterminated on the island during the past 

 eight years, it has been difficult to induce anyone to eradicate the 

 remainder; this can be accomplished by turning the island back 

 to the Land Commissioner, who only can make a lease which wall 

 allow someone to fatten a limited number of cattle on the acres 

 of pili grass and tons of algaroba pods now going to waste on 

 the island and which will recjuire that the goats be completely 

 exterminated within a fixed period of time. 



The project of withdrawing three small parcels of land, aggre- 

 gating 1.76 acres, on Tantalus Heights, from the Honolulu 

 Watershed Forest Reserve, which are desired by the Land Com- 

 missioner for use in exchanging land for road purposes, approved 

 by the Board on April 24, was referred to the Governor on the 

 following day for issuing the required notice of public hearing. 



NEW FOREST RESERVES. 



The projects of setting aside the Papapaholahola Spring re- 

 serve, Kauai, consisting of 54 acres ; the Keauohana reserve. 

 Puna, Hawaii, comprising 271 acres, and the addition of 263 

 acres to the present Makawao forest reserve, Maui, approved by 

 the Board on January 18, and the project of setting apart the 

 Waiahole forest reserve, Oahu, approved by the Board on April 

 24, were on April 25 referred to the Governor for consideration 

 and issuance of the notice of public hearing. 



During the month field work was done, in cooperation with 

 the Survey Office, in obtaining a description of the proposed new 

 Hauula forest reserve, Oahu, and in marking on the ground the 

 boundary of the proposed new Mokuleia Forest Reserve, on the 

 same island. 



