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Elimination of Land From the Honolulu Water- 

 shed Forest Reserve 



At the same public hearing on April 10, 1917, the proposition 

 was considered of withdrawnig two small parcels of land from 

 the Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve and there being no objec- 

 tions raised the Governor signed, on April 11, a proclamation 

 which effected the withdrawal of these lands and returned them 

 to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Public Lands. 



One of these pieces of land consists of 3067 'square feet in the 

 shape of a triangle having a 15-foot base, adjacent to Lot 817 

 in the Makiki-Round Top Heights tract. This withdrawal was 

 inade at the request of the Commissioner of Public Lands so 

 that he could use the land as a basis of exchange for land which 

 was taken from the frontage of Lot 817 for road purposes when 

 the Round Top Drive was constructed. The area withdrawn 

 consists of a narrow strip of steep sandy land covered with Ian- 

 tana and in effect amounts only to the shifting of a short bound- 

 ary of the reserve. 



The other piece of land consists of 15,627 square feet in Nuu- 

 anu Valley at the sharp turn of the road near the residence of 

 Mr. A. Lewis, Jr. It consists of a semi-circular basin with a 

 rock rim, with only a tree or two on it, and it is entirely sur- 

 rounded by patented land on all sides except along the road. 

 None of it is needed for forest reserve purposes and the object 

 of its withdrawal was to return it to the jurisdiction of the Com- 

 missioner of Public Lands so that he in turn could lease the land 

 to some one who would undertake to beautify it and keep it 

 in attractive condition. 



The proclamations covering these two forest reserve matters 

 are printed on the By Authority pages of this issue. 



The Anthrax Epidemic on Kauai 



On April 14 the presence of a disease known as anthrax among 

 animals was definitely reported to the Board and steps were at 

 once taken for the control and suppression of the disease. This 

 is the first appearance of this disease in the Territory and the 

 cause of its outbreak on the Princeville Plantation on windward 

 Kauai is still under investigation. The Island of Kauai was at 

 once put under quarantine by Rule X of the Division of Animal 

 Industry, which was passed by the Board and approved by the 

 Governor on April 20, and which forbids the shipping of any 

 domestic or other animal of any class or kind from the Island 

 of Kauai. The infected district itself was furthermore placed 



