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Division of Forestry 



Report of the Superintendent of Forestry 



Honolulu, Hawaii, August 31, 1914. 



The Board of Commissioners of 



Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit as follows the report 

 of the Division of Forestry for the period from January 1, 1913, 

 to August 31, 1914. This report is made at this time and to this 

 earlier date instead of as usual to the end of the calendar year 

 because of my resignation as Superintendent of Forestry, which 

 takes effect on September 1, when I leave the Territory to become 

 head of the Department of Forestry at Cornell University. 



SCOPE OF THIS REPORT. 



After the custom of past years this report recounts briefly 

 the activities of the Division of Forestry for the current period. 

 Accompanying it i s a revised table giving the essential statistics 

 regarding the established forest reserves. Together with this bi- 

 ennial statement it has seemed to me appropriate, as this is my 

 last report as Superintendent of Forestry, to summarize what I 

 conceive to have been the main accomplishments in forestry work 

 in Hawaii during the past decade, the period since the establish- 

 ment of the Division of Forestry, and to make certain recom- 

 mendations as to the principles which I believe should guide forest 

 work in Hawaii in the future. The statement concerning the 

 years 1913 and 1914 precedes the general summary. 



RESUME OF THE WORK PERFORMED. 



The work of the Division of Forestry during this year and 

 last has followed closely the lines laid down in earlier periods. 

 Protection of the native Hawaiian forests on the important water- 

 sheds and encouragement of tree planting to meet divers demands 

 under various conditions, have remained the two dominant ideas 

 that have guided its activities. Further repetition of the reasons 

 for practicing forestry in Hawaii seems unnecessary, but the need 

 itself is a continuing one and will always remain so. The eco- 

 nomic life of the Territory rests on the tripod of the three essen- 



