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[While this project was being considered in committee it ap- 

 peared desirable to make a further slight modification of the 

 boundary. This matter was covered by a supplementary report, 

 the essential paragraphs of which are as follows:] 



Sitpplciiicntary Report on Moloaa Forest Rcscrz'C. 



Honolulu, August 30. 1913. 



Gentlemen : — Under the date of June 16, 1913, I submitted a 

 report recommending a change of boundary in the Moloaa forest 

 reserve, Kauai, and desire now, before the matter is acted on by 

 the committee on forestry, to suggest a further shght change in 

 that reserve whereby there would be added a remnant of about 

 40 acres, the long narrow triangle of government land lying to 

 the south of grant No. 549 to Ed. Rouxel, between the old Lind- 

 say place and Aliomanu gulch. 



It was expected at first that this area would be included in the 

 grazing lease to Mr. C. A. Rice, but as it was not continuous with 

 the remainder of his leasehold he did not take it. 



The reasons for including it in the forest reserve are that as a 

 detached remnant this small area is of practically no use to the 

 government for grazing ; that it is the same character as the land 

 just above, and more particularly because a fence can be built 

 on its lower or makai edge much more easily than on its upper 

 side, the present forest boundary. A rocky section at best, it has 

 been found on closer examination of the ground by Mr. Rice, a 

 prospective bidder on the proposed fencing work, that the cost 

 of post-hole digging would be materially less on the lower line. 

 Mr. Tucker, the land commissioner, has no objection to the in- 

 clusion of this remnant in the reserve. I recommend that it be 

 taken in. 



\^ery respectfully. 



Ralph S. Hosmer, 

 Superintendent of I'orestry. 



More than 3000 small logging operators now buy national 

 forest timber; at least 25.000 ])ersons. settlers, miners, stockmen 

 and others obtain timber from Tncle .Sam's l)ig woodlot for their 

 own use free of charge. 



The forests of Corsica, the little island n])()n which .\a])()k'()n 

 was born, are managed by the l-rench governmenl. Tliey pro- 

 duce lumber, firewood and tur])entinc. and all ])arts of the tree 

 are far more closely utilized than in .\nierica. 



Two million trees will be planted on the national forests in 

 I 'tall. .Xevada. ruid xonthern Idaho dm-ing l'M4. 



