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BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS  OF  AGRICULTURE 
AND  FORESTRY. 
Division  of  Forestry. 
REPORT  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  FORESTRY. 
Honolulu,  January  5,  1909. 
Board  of  Commissioners  of  Agriculture  and  Forestry, 
Honolulu,  T.  H. 
Gentlemen : I have  the  honor  to  submit  the  routine  report 
of  the  Division  of  Forestry  for  the  period  from  September 
16th  to  date. 
The  points  of  special  interest  during  this  period  may  be 
summarized  as  follows : 
During  the  month  of  October,  at  the  invitation  of  the  Gov- 
ernor, it  was  my  good  fortune  to  accompany  Governor  Frear 
and  Hon.  F.  PI.  Npwell,  Director  of  the  United  States  Reclama- 
tion Service,  in  their  visits  to  the  Islands  of  Molokai  and 
Kauai.  On  both  of  these  excursions  I was  able  to  gain  much 
information  from  conversations  with  Mr.  Newell,  which  is  of 
value  to  me  in  my  forest  reserve  work. 
After  my  return  to  Honolulu  and  before  the  departure  of 
the  Governor  for  Washington  on  November  15th,  I was  en- 
gaged in  the  preparation  of  the  preliminary  report  of  the  Ter- 
ritorial Conservation  Commission  which  was  handed  to  the 
Governor  before  his  departure.  Being  chairman  of  this  Com- 
mission the  duty  of  preparing  the  text  of  the  report  devolved 
on  me.  Early  in  the  month  of  November  papers  for  delivery 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Hawaiian  Sugar  Planters’  Asso- 
ciation, and  at  the  second  annual  meeting  of  the  Hawaiian 
Rubber  Growers’  Association,  held  respectively  on  November 
nth  and  on  November  18th,  were  prepared  and  read. 
From  December  1st  to  December  17th,  I was  engaged  in  a 
trip  to  the  District  of  Puna,  Island  of  Hawaii,  to  investigate 
the  forest  of  that  district  in  connection  with  an  application  for 
lumbering  rights  made  by  the  Hawaiian  Mahogany  Lumber 
Company.  My  report  upon  that  project  is  now  in  the  course 
of  preparation. 
In  October  a report  on  the  proposed  Kohala  Mountain  For- 
est Reserve  was  submitted  to  the  Board.  After  being  con- 
sidered by  the  Committee  on  Forestry  it  was  referred  back  to 
me  with  the  direction  that  an  additional  area  be  included  with- 
in the  boundary  recommended.  This  project  now  awaits  the 
completion  of  a survey  by  the  Territorial  Survey  Office. 
Since  my  return  from  Hawaii  I have  been  engaged  with 
matters  relating  to  the  preparation  of  the  Annual  Report  of  the 
Division  of  Forestry  for  1908  and  with  administrative  details. 
