no 
results  that  the  forests  be  protected.  That  the  forests  may 
be  better  protected  and  more  easily  handled  to  the  end  that 
the  waters  they  safeguard  may  be  used  in  economic  ways, 
forest  reserves  have  been  created  and  will  continue  to  be  set 
apart. 
There  have  now  been  established  sixteen  forest  reserves  on 
the  four  main  islands  of  the  group  with  a total  area  of  444,116 
acres.  Of  this  61%  is  government  land.  It  is  probable  that 
the  creation  of  forest  reserves  will  go  on  until  eventually  about 
three-quarters  of  a million  acres  will  be  so  included,  and  these 
forests  should  be  maintained  and  kept  intact  so  that  the  water 
from  their  streams  may  be  turned  constantly  to  human  ac- 
count. 
At  this  point  I may  say  that  the  relation  of  the  forests  to 
the  streams  is  essentially  the  feature  of  Hawaiian  forestry  and 
that  wherever  there  are  streams,  the  forests  should  be  pro- 
tected. In  some  of  the  leeward  districts,  there  are  forests 
which  may  be  treated  from  a commercial  standpoint,  because 
in  those  localities  there  are  no  running  streams  and  only  a 
few  springs  to  be  conserved.  But  far  and  away  the  most  im- 
portant use  of  the  Hawaiian  forest  is  that  it  protects  the 
streams.  Wherever  there  is  a water  which  may  be  turned  to 
account  this  is  the  chief  value  of  the  forest. 
The  Governor  has  also  pointed  out  that  there  are  other 
uses  to  which  forests  may  be  put.  The  waste  land,  especially 
at  the  high  elevations  on  the  greater  mountains  of  the  Terri- 
tory can  be  made  to  grow  trees  which  are  not  native  to  Ha- 
waii, yielding  valuable  commercial  timber,  such  as  the  timber 
which  we  have  to  import  from  the  coast.  The  Federal  Gov- 
ernment, through  the  Forest  Service,  has  this  year  given  the 
sum  of  $2,000.00  for  experimental  work  in  planting  pines, 
spruces  and  firs  at  high  elevations  on  Mauna  Kea  and  Hale- 
akala.  Inclosures  are  now  being  made  in  which  experimental 
lots  of  these  trees  will  be  set  out.  This  is  a step  that  should 
lead  in  time  to  the  aflorestration  of  those  mountains. 
The  relation  of  forests,  waters  and  lands  is  of  peculiar  im- 
portance and  interest  in  Hawaii.  These  three  natural  resources 
are  interdependent.  The  essential  need  at  the  present  time  is 
for  the  careful  study  and  investigation  of  the  local  water 
problems  by  trained  men — the  experts  of  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  at  Washington — as  a preliminary  step  to 
the  extension  to  Hawaii  of  the  Reclamation  Service.  The  Fed- 
eral Government  is  willing  to  cooperate  with  the  States  and 
especially  with  Hawaii,  provided  the  initial  move  is  made  from 
this  end  through  the  appropriation  of  a comparatively  small 
sum.  The  Federal  Government  will  go  more  than  half  way, 
but  the  initial  move  must  be  made  here.  It  is  for  this  reason 
that  it  is  so  important  that  some  action  be  taken  by  this  legis- 
lature to  get  this  work  started,  for  there  is  no  way  in  which 
