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2. GENERAL LEASE NO. 837 to CLUB STABLES, LIMIT- 

 ED, of all the Kuliouoii Pasture Land, Oahii. Fence adjoin- 

 ing the Kulioiiou Forest Reserve not yet built. 



3. GENERAL LEASE NO. 792 to CHAS. A. RICE of Pas- 

 ture Lot No. 1, Papaa-Moloaa Tract, Kawaihau, Kauai. 

 Fence adjoining the Moloaa Forest Reserve built but not 

 maintained in good repair. 



4. GENERAL LEASE NO. 550 to the HUTCHINSON 

 SUGAR PLANTATION COMPANY of the lands of Kiola- 

 kaa-Puueo. Fence on the Kau Forest Reserve boundary 

 built but not maintained in good repair. — 



1. The situation at IMakua is covered rather fully on pages 

 2 to 5 of the enclosed copy of a letter of the Superintendent of 

 Forestry of June 3, 1918, to this Board. The resolution referred 

 to was duly passed by the Board at its meeting of June 6, and 

 transmitted to the Commissioner of Public Lands the same day, 

 but upon recent inquiry of said Commissioner I was informed 

 that practically nothing has been done to enforce the fencing 

 requirement since the receipt of this resolution. 



As stated in the enclosed letter of June 3. every drop of fresh 

 water at Makua is at a premium and this will be especially true 

 when in the future the land may be homesteaded. At the present 

 time there is a good crop of sweet potatoes gTowing on the large 

 flat near the middle of Alakua Valley on the leased land, which 

 would indicate the possibility of using this land for homestead 

 purposes. At the present time. Mr. IMcCandless also has a pipe 

 line which conveys water from the forest reserve to this culti- 

 vated flat. 



Enclosed herewith are some photographs showing the native 

 forest in the INIakua-Keaau Forest Reserve which is being dam- 

 aged by Mr. McCandless' cattle, which being unrestrained by 

 any fence on the forest reserve boundary run at will in the ac-' 

 cessible places. It is important, therefore, on account of this 

 water situation to protect the native forests by insisting upon the 

 building of this fence in order to protect what is left of the forest 

 and to encourage its increase by natural means. 



2. The situation at Kiliouou is quite similar in that the forest 

 reserve fence has never been built. The distance of the neces- 

 sary fence on the makai boundary of the Kuliouou Forest Re- 

 serve is only 1917 feet, and was required to be built by the fol- 

 lowing clause in General Lease No. 837 : 



"The Lessee shall construct at his own expense within 

 one year from November 4, 1913, a lawful fence as defined 

 by Sec. 407, Revised Laws of Hawaii, along the entire boun- 

 daries of the land, herein demised, and adjoining the Forest 

 Reserve and maintain said fence in good repair during the 

 ■ term of this Lease." 

 The Kuliouou Forest Reserve was proclaimed on February 13, 



