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cally all of the land included in the reserve belongs to the Ter- 

 ritory. 



The greater part of the proposed forest reserve is land very 

 much cut up by gulches and ridges. It rises steeply from the 

 strip of agricultural land near the sea. The upper portions of 

 the lands included are on the ridges bounding the crater of Hale- 

 akala. It is all under a stand of native Hawaiian forest. I sug- 

 gest that the reserve be called the Kipahulu F'orest Reserve. 



Object. 



The object in creating this forest reserve is to provide for the 

 better protection of a series of watersheds that potentially are of 

 importance in the development of the Territory. A number of 

 small valleys carrying streams having more or less permanent 

 flow are included in the reserve, but essentially the important 

 sources of water are the streams within the tributary to the Alae- 

 nui and Manawainui gulches. Water from the former is now 

 diverted and used on tiie Kipahulu Sugar Plantation. That in 

 the latter gulch is not now used, except in a small way for taro 

 patches in the valley. In both these gulches there appear to be 

 great possibilities for the development of power. It may be a 

 long cry ahead to the time when the water that goes over these 

 particular falls will be harnessed, but in my judgment provision 

 ought to be made now for giving adequate protection to the 

 sources of the supply. The setting apart as a forest reserve of 

 the government lands on which these streams rise is an essential 

 step in that direction. 



The creation of the Kipahulu forest reserve has been contem- 

 plated for a long time. My recommendation that it be established 

 rests on several visits to Kaupo and Kipahulu, but particularly on 

 one made in June, 1914, with this especial object in view. The 

 creation of the Kipahulu forest reserve will round out the forest 

 reserve system on Maui and practically complete the chain of 

 forest reserves needed throughout the Territory. 



Description. 



On the east side of Kipahulu, from the Hana district line to 

 and including the government land of Kikoo, the government 

 lands are under lease to the Kipahulu Sugar Company under two 

 leases, No. 488 (expiring March 6, 1915) and No. 522 (expiring 

 December 20, 1919). The latter covers only the lower portion of 

 the several lands included, leaving a balance of 809 acres, of the 

 portion under forest, not under lease. The government lands on 

 the western side of Kipahulu are not under lease. Across Kipa- 

 hulu the boundary line of the proposed forest reserve runs at or 

 a little mauka of the upper edge of the land that has been cleared 



