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Commissioner of Public Lands, the Attorney General, and the 

 Governor of Hawaii : 



''Whereas, General Lease No. 730 of the government lands 

 of Makua. Kahanaiki and the government interest in Keawaula, 

 W^aianae, Oahu, sold on February 21, 1910, to Mr. L. L. Mc- 

 Candless, required the lessee to build a lawful fence along the 

 boundary of the leased land adjacent to the Makua-Keaau Forest 

 Reserve, which fence, by the requirement in the lease, was to 

 have been completed by June 4, 1914; 



"Whereas, Over four years have now expired and the fence 

 has not yet been built; 



"Whereas, Said fence is necessary and essential for the pro- 

 tection of the native forest in the adjacent forest reserve as a 

 barrier against the cattle which now wander at will from said 

 leased land into said forest reserve with disastrous results ; 



"Be it Resolved, That the Board of Commissioners of Agri- 

 culture and Forestry places itself on record as being strongly 

 opposed to this non-compliance with this fencing requirement 

 and hereby recommends that every necessary step be taken by 

 the Commissioner of Public Lands to force the holder of Gen- 

 eral Lease No. 730 to fulfill this requirement forthwith." 



Respectfully yours, 



C. S. JUDD, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



OLAA FOREST RESERVE. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 26, 1918. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to recommend the setting 

 apart as a forest reserve of a portion of the government land 

 of Olaa, Puna, Hawaii, consisting of 20,030 acres, more or 

 less, as shown on the attached blueprint map. 



The w^hole area is covered with a heavy forest of native trees 

 such as the ohia, olapa, koa, loulu palm and tree ferns with 

 their accompaniment of a heavy undergrowth of ferns and vines 

 and is situated between the Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve on 

 the north, the Upper Olaa Forest Reserve on the west, and 

 Section A of the Olaa Forest Park Reserve and homestead lots 

 on the south. It includes a vast wilderness of heavy forest, 

 situated between" the elevations of 1700 and 3800 feet, which is 

 impenetrable except for the roads and trails which have been cut 

 through it. 



Over fifteen years ago the tract was surveyed into homestead 

 lots with the idea that they would be settled upon by coffee 

 planters. Coffee cultivation was a failure here owing to the 



