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vation and the beneficial influence which it will exert on the 

 flow of water at the lower levels below it, I recommend that the 

 Board approve the creation of the Mokuleia 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. 



HAUULA FOREST RESERVE, OAHU. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 25, 1918. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to recommend the setting 

 apart as a forest reserve of certain forest lands in Koolauloa, 

 Oahu, being portions of the government land of Hauula and of 

 the privately-owned lands of Makao, Kaluanui, Waiono, Makaua, 

 Punaluu and Kahana, consisting of a total area of 9193 acres 

 more or less, as shown on the attached blueprint map. 



The boundary, starting on the Kaipapau-Hauula ridge, runs 

 south approximately paralleling the coast at distances varying 

 from one-fourth to two miles from the shore as far as the 

 Kahana-Kaaawa Ridge, then runs mauka on this ridge over Puu 

 Ohulehule, to the main Koolau Range, thence northerly to and 

 down the Kaipapau-Hauula Ridge and in general follows the 

 edge of the heavy forest on the seaward side. 



The area includes land which supports a 'Svater-bearing forest" 

 composed of the usual native trees such as koa, ohia, kukui, 

 hala, hau and their plant associates of ferns, vines and under- 

 growth which combine to make up the ideal ground cover for 

 conserving the water run-off. This forest in general is in a very 

 healthy condition with very few dead trees. 



Many industries are dependent on the water emanating from 

 this forest, viz. : the sugar cane in Lower Kaluanui, Punaluu 

 and Kahana valleys, the rice in Punaluu Valley, and from the 

 headwaters of the main Kahana Stream, at an elevation of about 

 750 feet, water is taken by tunnel south along the mountain, then 

 through the main Waiahole tunnel to far distant cane fields in 

 the upper Ewa basin. The importance of protecting and main- 

 taining the forest on this area for the conservation of water is 

 therefore apparent. 



While of the total area of 9193 acres, shown on the following 

 list, only 1143 acres, or a little over 12.4 per cent (the land of 

 Hauula), belongs to the government, the owners of the other 

 large portions have been consulted and have raised no objection 

 to their land being included in the recommended reserve. 



