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fenced off and more or less efficiently kept free from cattle. 

 Partly as the result of disputes between owners of the neighboring 

 lands there has been a good deal of trespass at Polipoli, which 

 is still going on intermittently. But realizing the value of the 

 water, pretty nearly everybody agrees that the area ought to be 

 reserved and efficiently protected. In this connection it m«y be 

 said that from now on the fence maintenance clauses in all the 

 leases that have to do with the Kula Forest Reserve boundary 

 ought to be strictly enforced. Provision should be made also 

 for policing the reserve as a whole against trespass. 



It goes almost without saying that every effort should be made 

 to safeguard the source and increase the flow of the Polipoli 

 Spring. Getting a forest cover on the slope above the spring will, 

 I believe, help somewhat in this regard. 



Fencing the Boundary. 



As previously stated the fencing of the makai boundary of 

 the reserve where it adjoins government lands is already pro- 

 vided for. Across the fee simple lands of Kaonoulu and Alae 1-2 

 the owners of the Corn well Ranch have agreed to continue the 

 fence on the forest line. 



At the north end, the boundary between Waiakoa and Kealahou 

 is for some distance a gulch, impassable except at a few crossings, 

 which runs well up toward the steep rocky upper slopes below 

 the crest of the mountain. 



Along the crest there is no fence, so that cattle from the Ka- 

 hikinui side can and at times do come over, though not as much 

 now as formerly because of paddock fences that have been built 

 on that side of the mountain. The Kahikinui lease has eleven 

 years yet to run. When it expires, if the matter cannot be ar- 

 ranged previously, provision should be made for fencing that will 

 protect all the upper slopes of the mountain. 



Around tlie south end of the ridge fences of the Ulupalakua- 

 Ranch connect with the fence about the Polipoli Reserve and keep 

 cattle from drifting along the slope. 



Rcroninioidatioji. 



For the reasons above set forth, which may be summarized by 

 saying that the upper slopes of Mt. Haleakala can be made of 

 most benefit to the Territory if gradually got under a forest cover, 

 I do now recommend that the Board of Commissioners of Agri- 

 culture and Forestry approve the creation as the Kula Forest 

 Reserve of the area covered by the following technical description 

 of boundary prepared by the Government Survey Office, and that 

 the Governor of the Territory be requested to take the usual steps 

 officially to set apart the tract as a forest reserve in accordance 

 with law. 



Following is the description : 



