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niainder is in private ownership. The section in question hes 

 between a prominent spur just to the west of the old Lindsay- 

 place and the Kaluaa stream. The old and the new forest lines 

 are shown on the accompanying blueprint. 



Reasons for fJic Change. 



When the Moloaa forest reserve was laid out, in running the 

 forest line between fixed points there was included within its 

 limits some 80 acres of grazing land. With the exception of one 

 small grove of trees and some pali, this area is open grass land, 

 of more value for grazing than for forest, especially in view of the 

 growing demand for pasturage on Kauai. 



As it is not strictly needed as a part of the forest reserve, my 

 judgment is that the area should be taken out and leased. 



When on Kauai during the summer of 1912 I went over the 

 land with the idea of this modification in mind. Last month I 

 again visited Moloaa and with the assistance of Mr. S. W. Tay 

 of the Government Survey Office changed the location of the line 

 on the ground. By moving one forest reserve monument up the 

 ridge 800 feet, the line is shifted sufficiently to exclude the graz- 

 ing area. 

 Fencing. 



The remainder of government land lying below the forest re- 

 serve was leased in October, 1912, to Mr. C. A. Rice. One of 

 the provisions of the lease is that a fence shall be built on the 

 forest line within a year. It is partly in order to make provision 

 for having this fence properly located on the permanent forest 

 boundary that the change of location is brought up at this time. 

 With other arrangements now pending, it is expected that prac- 

 tically all of the remainder of the lower boundary of the Moloaa 

 forest reserve will be fenced in the near future. It is highly de- 

 sirable that this work be done, for trespass by cattle has been 

 going on at Moloaa for a long time, much to the detriment of the 

 mantle of vegetation on the slopes. 

 Description. 



Owing to changes of name and boundary in the geographic 

 districts on Kauai, the Survey Office has prepared a revised de- 

 scription of the whole line of the Moloaa forest reserve. This 

 description, C. S. F. No. 2431, accompanies this report. 



Recommendation. 



For the reasons, then, that the area proposed to be excluded 

 appears properly to be grazing rather than forest land ; that it 

 can be spared from the reserve; and that the adjustment of the 

 line will facilitate the construction of a permanent forest fence, I 

 do now recommend that the Board approve the proposed modifi- 

 cation of boundary and call upon the governor to make the re- 

 quired change, as provided by law. 



