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present concurred, whereupon same was made a motion by Com- 

 missioner von Holt, seconded by Commissioner Rice and unani- 

 mously carried, and the executive officer directed so to do. 



STUDY OF Hawaii's wood reouiremexts. 



Chairman Waterhouse called to the attention of those present 

 a recommendation contained in the report of the Superintendent 

 of Forestry relating to Hawaii's wood requirements, the execu- 

 tive officer stating in brief that the demand for fuel wood in 

 the Territory is so great and the supply so limited he thought 

 €very effort should be made to increase the supply by the encour- 

 agement of tree planting on unoccupied waste lands. His idea 

 was to make a study of the annual consumption of fuel wood as 

 well as the present source of supply with a view to later on hav- 

 ing the data printed, the U. S. Forest Service having advised that 

 they were willing to cooperate with the Board in every possible 

 Ava3^ After a short discussion Commissioner von Holt moved 

 that it be the policy of the Board to carry out the recommenda- 

 tions as contained in the January report of the Superintendent 

 of Forestry under the head of "A Study of Flawaii's Wood 

 Requirements" ; same was seconded by Commissioner Rice and 

 imanimously carried. 



SPECIAL REPORT SUPERINTENDENT OF HYDROGRAPHY. 



Regarding the special report from the Superintendent of Hy- 

 drography dated January 21, 1915, pending since the January 

 meeting, in which it was recommended that the Commissioner of 

 Public Lands be requested to have inserted in all future water 

 and land leases certain data in order that a continuous record of 

 flow and surface fluctuations of all streams, springs, etc., may be 

 secured. Chairman Waterhouse requested further time to inves- 

 tigate the matter as he desired to take same up with the Governor 

 and the Land Board. 



RE ALLOTMENT OF $700 FOR KAP.\A STREAM, KAUAI. 



Chairman Waterhouse advised that as per letter from the Gov- 

 ernor dated February 25, 1915, he had approved of an allotment 

 of $700 for the purpose of covering the equipment and expenses 

 incident to the installation of stream gaging stations to be estab- 

 lished on the two main branches of the Kapaa stream, Kauai, by 

 the Division of Hydrography during the six months period end- 

 mg June 30, 1915. 



