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unteer wardens numbering 322 were appointed by the State, their 

 expenses being paid from private sources. With the U. S. Forest 

 Service rangers, who are State wardens, the force numbers 721 

 men. 



The care of the State Redwood park is outlined, no mention 

 being made of an unpleasant difference which arose during the 

 year between the State forester and certain advocates of the 

 park over the policy of removing dead or firekilled timber. The 

 conception of a park in the public mind is that of an area pro- 

 tected from the axe and preserved in its natural state. The fact 

 that the State forester subjected himself to widespread criti- 

 cism by allowing some fire scarred redwoods to be cut serves to 

 illustrate the danger to forestry that results from a confusion of 

 parks with forest reserves. The care of parks should not be laid 

 upon the State forester, but if unavoidable, he should make every 

 effort to distinguish such areas from forest reserves in the public 

 mind, and should go to an extreme in avoiding all cutting that 

 might arouse resentment. 



It is evident from the report that the forest fire service in the 

 State is making progress, but that much remains to be done. So 

 far, the State has not shared in the expense of local fire protec- 

 tion and consequently it has very little control over the work of 

 the fire wardens. The beginnings of a better system are seen in 

 the arrangements made by the State forester for a cooperative 

 patrol by certain counties and the U. S. Forest Service, each pay- 

 ing half of the expense, to protect the foothill regions from fires. 



H. H. C. 



Report of the Division of Forestry, Territory of Hawaii, for 

 1907. Pp. 84. 



The fourth report of the Superintendent of Forestry sums up 

 the year's progress thus : "On the part of the Territory itself the 

 points of notable interest during 1907 in the history of forestry 

 in Hawaii are a definite annunciation of policy in regard to the 

 two main classes of Hawaiian forest ; the extension of the forest 

 reserve system, through the setting apart of additional areas and 

 the completion of field work bearing directly on the creation of 

 other new reserves ; the establishment of a systematic exchange of 

 seed with Botanic gardens and other similar institutions; and an 



