Division of Forestry. 



Report of the Superintendent of Forestry. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, December 31, 1910. 



The Board of Commissioners of 



Agriculture and Forestry, 



Honolulu, Hawaii. 



GENTLEMEN : I have the honor to present the report of the 

 work of the Division of Forestry for the calendar years 1909 

 and 1910. 



The function of an annual report is to set forth the accomplish- 

 ments of the past year and to point the way to things that should 

 be done in the future. During the period covered by the present 

 report the progress of forestry in Hawaii has been steady and 

 constant. There have been no spectacular achievements, but the 

 passing months have been marked by evidences of a better appre- 

 ciation of the reasons that lie behind forest work in these islands 

 and a more general understanding of the intimate relation that 

 exists between the right use of the forest and the maintenance 

 of economic prosperity. 



Far more than in most states, in Hawaii forestry is a matter 

 of immediate practical concern to all the people of the Territory. 

 Here, under unusual conditions of location, topography and 

 climate the influence of the forest on the everyday life of the 

 community is direct and easily seen. The prosperity of Hawaii 

 depends on agriculture. Success in agriculture depends in turn 

 upon irrigation and without the aid of the forest it would be 

 impossible to maintain a dependable water supply. These state- 

 ments are axiomatic, but it does no harm to repeat them, for they 

 are the reasons that underlie the local necessity for forestry and 

 forest work. 



Scarcely less important is the demand for wood. Here again 

 the part of the forest is to supply a most practical want. In both 

 instances the practice of forestry be it by the Territorial Gov- 

 ernment or by private individuals or corporations is founded 

 on an economic need. This justifies the work. And because it 

 does, it promptly raises the question in all thoughtful minds 

 whether far-sighted wisdom does not demand a larger present 

 investment for forestry. With larger appropriations far greater 

 results would be obtained than with the present allotments are 



2 B. A. 



