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FOREST RESERVES PENDING. 



It has been stated in earlier reports that it is the intention of 

 the Territorial Government ultimately to include within the boun- 

 daries of its forest reserves a gross area of approximately three 

 quarters of a million acres, of which about 70 per cent, will be 

 government land. A number of important units still wait for- 

 mally to be set apart, although all but the final steps have been 

 taken in most of these projects. 



Four projects in particular are the proposed forest reserves in 

 South Kona, Hawaii ; Kohala Mountain, Hawaii ; the upper part 

 of the Kula District, Maui; and the upland of Molokai. These 

 areas will unquestionably be set apart as reserves early in 1911. 

 Large portions of the areas both on Kohala Mountain and on 

 Molokai have in practice been actual reserves for a number of 

 years, maintained under fence and protected through the interest 

 of private corporations. 



With the setting apart of these areas and a few smaller tracts 

 on Maui, Hawaii and Oahu, the formal creation of a forest reserve 

 system in Hawaii will have been practically accomplished. But 

 as has many times before been pointed out, the technical reserva- 

 tion of forest land is but the first step toward its efficient manage- 

 ment. The next move can and will be made as soon as the 

 Legislature provides the funds with which to go ahead. 



PLANTING IN FOREST RESERVES. 



Under special allotments made by the Apportionment Board 

 from the Conservation Fund, the Territorial Government has 

 started forest planting in two localities the Pupukea Forest Re- 

 serve on Oahu and Kohala Mountain, Hawaii. At Pupukea 

 under a contract with Mr. C. G. Owen, 25,000 trees Eucalyptus, 

 Monterey Cypress and Japanese Cedar have been planted on 

 approximately 35 acres, on the portion of the forest reserve for- 

 merly known as "Water Reserve C ;" the area planted being the 

 sides of gulches and a small flat above certain springs that are 

 to be used for the domestic supply of the Pupukea Homesteaders. 

 Seedlings were shipped from the Government Nursery at Hono- 

 lulu. The trees are spaced 8x8 feet, or 680 to the acre. The 

 planting began in March and was continued at intervals during 

 the early summer. Part payment was made after the trees were 

 planted; the remainder of the contract price will be paid when 

 the trees reach a height of three feet. 



For planting on the Kohala Mountain the sum of $5,000. was 

 allotted, which has been met by an equal amount by the Parker 

 Ranch. This money was not available till December 1, 1910; 

 consequently no trees have yet been put into the ground, but a 

 goodly number are being made ready at nurseries at Waimea. 

 These will be planted early in 1911. 



