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Honolulu, December 15, 1920. 



]Mr. J. M. Westgate, Agrononiist in Charge, Hawaii Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Honolulu. 



Dear Mr. AVestgate: — 'In accordance with my recent promise, I beg to 

 state that I liave heard from Forest Ranger Mackenzie and he informs 

 me that the ferns for the starch mill are being cut below the 18 Mile 

 road in Olaa on land belonging to homesteaders. 



So far as this office is concerned, I believe that the cutting of tree 

 ferns for this purpose should be confined to such privately-owned lands, 

 for upon mature deliberation I have come to the conclusion that the 

 struggle of our native forest for existence is so difficult and the balance 

 of nature so easily upset that it would be a very unwise practice to 

 allow the removal of tree ferns on any of the government lands on 

 which it is desired to retain the native forest. 



I have lately seen inroads on the forest which have been followed 

 with tlisastrous results, which have made me more than ever convinced 

 that our native forest to be perpetuated must be left entirely alone 

 and must not be interfered with either by man or beast. 



For the above reasons I regret that, how^ever desirable it may be to 

 encourage the industry of making starch from tree ferns, I can not 

 give my sanction to the cutting of any of such ferns on any government 

 lands, whether under lease or otherwise, in the Olaa district. The Land 

 Commissioner also informs me that he has not and wall not give any 

 such permission for the lauds in the forest reserve under lease. 



Very sincerely yours, 



(Sgd.) C. S. JUDD, 

 Superintendent of Forestry. 



REPOUT OF THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FORESTRY, 

 NOVEMBER, 1920. 



Honolulu, December 10, 1920. 



Mr. C. S. Judd, Superintendent of Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 



Dear Sir: — I beg to submit the following statement of my activities 

 for the mouth of November, 1920: 



The period from the first to the nineteenth, inclusive, was spent in the 

 Honolulu office upon the compilation of an official forestry album of 

 23hotographs taken in the various forest reserves and in an office study 

 of conditions along the makai boundary of the Hilo Forest Reserve, on 

 the Island of Hawaii. This study consisted in collecting upon a key 

 map of the reserve all data available from the forestry files, from the 

 office of the Land Commissioner, and the office of the Territorial Sur- 

 veyor. 



During this time also, two short field trips were matle in com])any with 

 the Superintendent of Forestry, one to inspect the Ewa Reserve boun- 

 dary across the land of Waimano, Oahu, and the other to inspect the 

 forest plantings below Kolekole Pass, in the Lualualei Reserve of the 

 Waianae Range. 



On November 20, I left Honolulu by steamer for Hilo, Hawaii, to 

 inspect the makai boundary of the Hilo Forest Reserve. The purpose 

 of this examination is to determine a preliminary re-location of the 

 reserve boundary in order to include several tracts of unencumbered 

 Government land, particularly homestead tracts which have proven un- 

 desirable for honu^stcad purposes. Incidentally, the extent of grazing 



