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Like Waiakea, the upper portion of Olaa bears a heavy stand 

 of forest. Ohia-lehua is the predominating tree, but with it in 

 mixture are many other species. On its western edge the Upper 

 Olaa forest joins the Bishop Estate land of Keauhou, on which 

 is a heavy stand of the tallest and largest koa in the Territory. A 

 section of Keauhou some seven miles long by one mile in width 

 has for 10 or 12 years been held by that estate as a private forest 

 reserve. 



The heavy koa forest does not extend much, if any, on to 

 Olaa, but near the Keauhou boundary, on the government land, is 

 a fine stand of large tree-ferns {Cihotium) of perhaps as large 

 size as any to be found in the Territory. These give at least a 

 botanical interest to this region. 



vSome five years ago ohia-lehua railroad ties were, for a time, 

 cut on the McKenzie lots, one of the homestead subdivisions of 

 upper Olaa. Other than this, except as certain areas of forest 

 have been cleared on other adjoining homestead lands and sold 

 as firewood, there has been no commercial development of the 

 upper Olaa forest. 

 Description. 



The official description of the proposed Upper Olaa forest re- 

 serve, prepared by the Government Survey Office as C. S. F. No. 

 2476, accompanies this report. 

 Recommendation. 



For the reasons given above I do now recommend that the 

 Board approve the setting apart of this tract as the Upper Olaa 

 forest reserve, and that the governor be called upon to hold the 

 hearing and thereafter to issue the proclamation incident thereto. 



Very respectfully, 



Ralph S. Hosmer, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



Honohihi JVaterslied Forest Reserve. 



Honolulu, June 14, 1913. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit, as follows, a report 

 recommending the creation of a forest reserve on the mountain 

 ranges back of Honolulu : 

 Location'^and Area. 



The area proposed to be reserved covers the slopes of the Ko- 

 olau range from Kalihi valley to Palolo valley inclusive, taking in 

 the heads of the several valleys between. It also includes for 

 purposes of administration the planted forest on Tantalus and the 

 Makiki park. The total area is 6950 acres, of which 5000 acres, 

 72 per cent., is land belonging to the Territory. The proposed 



