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Forest Reserve on Maui. This area, as shown by the red Hnes 

 on the attached blue print map, is adjacent to and makai of the 

 present Makawao Reserve which was set aside on April 21, 

 1908, and consists of the balance of the government land in the 

 Piiholo section of the Haleakala tract. 



The government land to the southwest has been surveyed into 

 lots and will shortly be opened up for homestead entry. The 

 boundary between the homesteads and this proposed addition is 

 .the Kahakapao gulch, which is a deep, well forested gulch, and 

 forms for the most part a natural barrier between these two 

 lands. At the northwest end of this tract the boundary runs 

 along a private grant. The land of Haiku to the northeast is 

 privately owned and is separated from this proposed addition by 

 the Waiohiwi stream, the banks of which form in places a natu- 

 ral barrier to stock. 



The forest on this remnant of goverment land consists of koa 

 and kukui along the steep gulches and ohia lehua on the gulch 

 slopes. On the tops of the flat ridges within the tract the forest 

 is more open on account of wood cutting and grazing in past 

 years and consists of halapepe and olopua trees interspersed 

 with the waiawi guava. The forest on this addition can readily 

 be protected by the construction of short stretches of fences 

 where natural barriers do not exist and since this area is a natu- 

 ral part of the adjacent land already set aside, it is well worth 

 while to prevent further forest destruction and include it with 

 the other lands which have already been reserved in this region 

 for the purpose of water conservation. 



For these reasons I recommend that the Board approve the 

 creation of this addition of 263 acres to the Makawao Forest 

 Reserve and that the Governor be requested to cause the land 

 to be so set apart. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. S. JUDD, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



WITHDRAWAL OF LAND FROM HONOLULU WATER- 

 SHED FOREST RESERVE. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, November 27, 1917. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit as follows, a re- 

 port recommending the withdrawal of four small parcels of land 

 on Tantalus Heights from the Honolulu Watershed Forest 

 Reserve, Oahu. 



These four parcels of land, aggregating 4.19 acres, are desired 



