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(1). That to keep our forests and sources of water supply 
in a natural condition the jungle of woodland and under- 
growth therein must be left altogether undisturbed by 
man or beast. 
(2). That preventive measures for safeguarding the exist- 
ing forests by fencing, ranging and policing as well as 
destroying wild cattle, hogs and goats, should be sys- 
tematically undertaken by the Forestry Division of the 
Territorial Board of Agriculture and Forestry. 
(3). That in order effectively to undertake such important 
work the privately owned areas within the water-bearing 
forest reserves should be brought under the same system 
of management that is here recommended for the Gov- 
ernment lands, in such manner as is already provided 
for by law. A proper system of forest protection hav- 
ing been established by the Government, failure to as- 
sign forest lands to the Territory for the specific purpose 
of protection might, as a last resort, be followed by con- 
demnation proceedings, it being understood that any 
neglect on the part of the Government properly to pro- 
tect and police such acquired reserves would forfeit the 
latter’s right to the ownership; and 
(4). That the Legislature appropriate sufficient funds for 
the special purpose of fencing and policing the forests 
above referred to, and excluding therefrom wild cattle, 
ete. 
The Intermediate Forest Areas and Their Relation to the 
Water Sheds. 
From an economic point of view the so-called intermediate 
forests, i. e. the areas of woodland between the agricultural 
and mountain zones and the wet forests on the water sheds are 
of as much importance for the protection and preservation otf 
the areas forming the virgin wet forests as these latter are in 
helping to control the drainage, retention and conservation of 
water for the supply of agricultural lands, or such other pur- 
poses as the water may be needed for. The close observer of 
our natural forests and water sheds will at once notice that 
where the wet forests are still in their virgin condition, the 
areas both above and below the wet forest are of somewhat 
different nature than those from which we expect to and do 
receive our water supply. 
