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party, has been supplied with fire warning notices to be posted through- 

 out iiis district, and has been urged to do everything possible to prevent 

 the starting of fires in this important water-conserving forest reserve. 



LIHUE-KOLOA F0EE8T RESERVE. 



An inspection was made of the makai boundary of the Lihue-Koloa 

 Forest Reserve where it crosses the private lands of Haiku and Hana- 

 maulu and the government land of Wailua. The boundary across Haiku 

 is unfortunately not fenced and the tame cattle consequently have 

 access to and are damaging the forest on the wet boggy watershed area 

 which is an important source of supply for the ditch systems conveying 

 water to the cane lands of Koloa, Haiku, and Kipu. 



ELIMINATION OF ^ylUD CATTLE. 



The boundary across Hanamaulu is fenced and no cattle are in the 

 forest reserve. The boundary across W'ailua is also fenced and a few 

 wild cattle are still within the reserve. During 1918; the Lihue 

 Plantation Co. removed from the forest reserve in Wailua approximately 

 200 head of cattle which had been lost track of, and since January of 

 this year 25 head have been killed. The remaining cattle are mostly 

 old bulls, tw^o of which were shot at the time of my visit, and are 

 very wild and consequently dangerous. On account of this and of the 

 difliculty with locked gates should hunting permission be granted in- 

 discriminately, I have requested the Lihue Plantation Co., which keeps 

 the forest reserve fence in repair, to remove the remaining 8 or 10 

 head of wild cattle, and have given the company, which is equipped for 

 this purpose, until October 1, 1920, to accomplish this. 



CHANCE IN FOREST RESERVE BOUNDARY. 



In this region there is an area of open grass land between the original 

 forest boundary, which goes from point to point on long courses, and the 

 actual forest fence on the ground, w^hich in my opinion should be elim- 

 inated from the reserve, by using the forest fence as the official 

 boundary. With this in view, I have requested the Covernment Surveyor 

 to supply me with a description of the fence line and will submit the 

 matter for your consideration. 



WOOD CUTTING IN RESERVE. 



An inspection was made of the ridge, back of the hill called Kapili- 

 w^ahine, between the government land of Kalaheo and the private land of 

 Wahiawa within the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve, where the McBryde 

 Sugar Co. has constructed a road and is hauling dead wood out of the 

 forest by ox teams. Being unable to determine on the ground whether 

 any of the wood had been cut from government land^ I have requested the 

 G-overnment Surveyor to locate and mark the boundary between these 

 two lands. 



PAPAPAHOLAHOLA SPRING RESERVE. 



An inspection of the Papapaholahola Spring Reserve at Kalaheo show- 

 ed that the boundary fence and gate were in need of repair. I have 

 consequently supplied our one laborer at this reserve, Joe Rita, with the 

 necessary wire and lumber and authorized him to hire one laborer for 

 one month to assist him in making the necessary repairs and in planting 

 an additional l^i acre of land which is still in need of reforestation. 



