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of Forestry, setting- forth the reasons for the reservation of the 

 above described lands as forest reserves, are given herewith. 



REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRV. 



Koluila Moitiifaiii Forest Rcscrz'C. 



Honokihi, June 5, 1913. 



Gentlemen: — In October, 1908. I submitted to the Board the 

 recommendation that a forest reserve be set apart on Kohala 

 Mountain in the districts of Kohala and Hamakua, Hawaii. 

 [Published in the Hazvaiian Forester and Agriculturist for De- 

 cember. 1909; Vol. VI, No. 12: pp. 472-478.] The project was 

 referred back to me by the Board to have included in the pro- 

 posed reserve an additional section of certain privately-owned land 

 at the west end of the mountain, more particularly a portion of 

 the tract known as Kehena 2. 



Since then, as the members of the Board know, persistent ef- 

 forts have been made to accjuire the area in question for the gov- 

 ernment, that the whole section might be set apart and maintained 

 strictly as a forest reserve. To this end a sum of money for the 

 purchase of the forested part of Kehena 2 was raised among the 

 Kohala district sugar plantation companies, and later condemna- 

 tion proceedings were instituted by the government for accjuiring 

 this land. 



Up to the present time these efforts have not been successful, 

 nor is the outlook good that this addition will be made in the 

 near future, as the special fund pledged by the Kohala planta- 

 tions has recently been withdrawn. 



On July 1, 1913, the .existing leases expire on the large govern- 

 ment land of Puukapu that embraces the greater part of the sum- 

 mit of Kohala Mountain, as well as on one or two other tracts that 

 also run up into the proposed Kohala Mountain forest reserve. 

 These lands are now held by the Parker Ranch. This ranch has 

 for some years now maintained fences on the mountain border- 

 ing the forest. At the time the fences were being built the ranch 

 got out the wild cattle then at large on that mountain. 



The object of postponing the creation of the Kohala Mountain 

 forest reserve was primarily to bring pressure to bear toward 

 getting the whole forest area on the Kohala Mountain included 

 in the reserve. In practice it has not worked out so, and espe- 

 cially now that action on Kehena 2 appears likely to be slow in 

 coming to a head, it seems advisable not to wait longer before 

 setting apart the remainder of the lands on Kohala Mountain. 

 I therefore recommend that this project be taken up and disposed 

 of. An addition to the area of the reserve can readily be made 

 later, if Kehena should then be available. 



The area now recommended to be reserved differs a little from 



