220 



During" the year there was turned in to the treasury of the 

 Territory from the Division of Forestry, as g-overnment reahza- 

 tions, a total of $612.75, made up as follows: 



Sale of plants, Government Nursery $401.35 



seeds, Government Nursery 13.40 



" " wood, Tantalus forest 48.00 



" " plants. Homestead, Kauai, Nursery 150.00 



$612.75 



FOREST RESERVES. 



During the year two new forest reserves were created. South 

 Kona and Puna, respectively in the Districts of Kona and Kau 

 and of Puna, on the Island of Hawaii. The South Kona Forest 

 Reserve has a total area of 36,952 acres, of which 29,260 acres, 

 79 per cent., is government land. The Puna Forest Reserve 

 was set apart June 29, 1911. The area is 19,850 acres, all gov- 

 ernment land. 



In Hawaii the greater portion of the forest area set apart, is 

 reserved because of the value of the forest as a protective cover, 

 which under the conditions of climate and topography that obtain 

 locally, is needed to safeguard the headwaters of the streams that 

 are diverted for use in irrigation. In other words, most of the 

 Hawaiian forests are of what has been termed the "water bear- 

 ing" class. In both of the reserves created in 1911, on the con- 

 trary, the primary importance of the forest is on account of the 

 timber value of the trees, present or prospective. Both are in 

 districts wdiere there are no running streams. In both the forest 

 is of the "commercial forest" class. 



In February, 1911, the boundaries of two of the older forest 

 reserves. West Maui and Kau, were slightly modified and the 

 areas a little increased. At the end of the year there were 25 

 forest reserves with a total area of 631,956 acres, of which 435.- 

 657 acres, 69 per cent., is government land. 



In June, 1911, under the terms of a logging license issued prior 

 to the creation of the reserve, the sum of $2,955 was paid to the 

 l>oard of Agriculture and F'orestry for timber to be cut in the 

 Puna Forest Reserve. Under the forest law this money can be 

 used elsewhere in the Territory for forest work. Up to the end 

 of the year it has not been drawn against. 



Progress was made during the year on a number of other for- 

 est reserve projects, in the way of examination in the field or the 

 completion of the technical descriptions of boundary. Con- 

 demnation proceedings instituted by the government for the 

 acfjuisition of a portion of the lands of Kehena 2 on the Kohala 

 Mountain, which it is ])r()])osed be included in tlie Kohala Moun- 

 tain I'orest Reserve, were still pending at the end of the year. 



