an elevation of approximately 5000 feet and the crest of the momi- 

 tain extending from, and including the land of Waiakoa to the 

 southern extension of the main ridge. 



The proposed reser^'e is made up of both government and 

 privately owned lands. The former. 5069 acres, constitutes S3*^c 

 of the total area. Xone of the government land is now under 

 lease. 



Included in the proposed reser\-e is the Polipoli Spring, the 

 only permanent source of water on the southern end of Mt. Hale- 

 akala. One of the objects underlying the creation of the reser^-e 

 is to establish a forest cover on the area adjacent to this spring, 

 for notW'ithstanding the fact that water is now brought to the 

 district by the Kula Pipe Line. Polipoli must always remain a 

 locally important source of supply. Along with getting trees to 

 grow on land that can better be used for forest than for any other 

 purpose, it is obvious that any measures that will tend to increase 

 the flow of such a spring as Polipoli are seriously to be considered. 



History. 



Prior to about 25 years ago there was a belt of heavy forest 

 with dense undergrowth in the Kula District between the eleva- 

 tions of 3500 and 5000 feet, that is throughout the section im- 

 mediately above the corn belt. Gradually this forest was opened 

 up by grazing until now it has practically disappeared save as its 

 former extent can still be traced by dead stubs, small groups of 

 trees in certain steep-sided gulches where they are protected from 

 cattle, and scattered groves of Mamane. 



Looking up from below, from the Government road, the re- 

 maining dead trees make it appear that there is still a considerable 

 stand. But when one gets into it he finds that the former forest 

 belt is now open countr}- with a hea^y gfround-cover of grass. 



The area formerly covered by the Kula forest is now considered 

 the best grazing land in the district. It has so been used for the 

 past twenty years or more. L'p to November L 1911. the upper 

 lands of AVaiohuli and Keokea. up to the crest of the mountain 

 were under lease to the Cornwell Ranch for grazing. Waiakoa 

 and Alae 3-4, for a time unleased, along with the fee simple lands 

 of Kaonoulu and portions of Alae 1-2 were also so used. 



^^'hen the time came for re-leasing the Government lands, the 

 administration decided, after careful consideration of the whole 

 matter, that it was best again to lease the strip of grazing land 

 r.bove the corn belt, but that the higher slopes should be reserved. 

 This action was largely based on the facts that the old native forest 

 was so far gone that its replacement through naural reproduc- 

 tion was practically out of the question and that, because of its 

 value as grazing land, this section materially increased the useful- 

 ness of the lower portions of the lands. 



The proposed Kula Forest Reserve, therefore, consists of thd 



