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one  of  the  eleven  states  employing  foresters,  though  there  are 
twenty-seven  employing  forest  officials.  “At  the  present  time 
1 6 forest  reserves  have  been  set  aside  by  proclamation  of  the 
Governor  of  the  Territory,  with  a total  area  of  444,116  acres,  of 
which  61  per  cent,  is  Government  land.”  In  time  it  is  probable 
that  about  750,000  acres  altogether  will  be  included  in  the  reserve. 
The  good  results  of  fencing  are  already  to  be  seen  in  the  appear- 
ance and  increase  of  plant  life  within  the  reserves.  On  one  side 
of  the  fence  a vigorous  young  growth  may  be  found ; while  on  the 
other  the  ravages  of  cattle  and  goats  are  as  distinctly  in  evidence. 
The  second  main  branch  of  the  forest  work  of  Hawaii  is  the 
planting  of  desirable  trees  in  otherwise  unproductive  areas ; these 
trees  should  be  chosen  and  set  out  under  competent  advice.  Lead- 
ing sugar  plantations  and  stock  ranches  planted  last  year  nearly 
half  a million  trees  and  this  year  will  doubtless  see  the  work 
greatly  increased  in  scope.  Apart  from  any  other  result  those 
who  plant  trees  of  the  right  kinds  now  will  be  so  much  the  better 
off  when  the  rising  prices  of  wood,  owing  to  the  prodigal  methods 
by  which  forests  of  the  American  mainland  have  been  exploited 
and  the  consequent  scarcity  of  timber,  shall  be  more  keenly  felt 
here. 
To  quote,  “Forestry  then  has  an  important  part  to  play  in  the 
life  of  the  Territory.  As  one  of  the  main  factors  in  the  field  of 
Conservation  it  touches  the  industrial  life  of  the  community  at 
many  points.  Land,  water  and  wood  are  fundamental  needs. 
The  forests  of  Hawaii,  native  and  introduced,  help  man  to  utilize 
the  lands,  to  harness  the  streams  to  do  his  bidding,  and  to  supply 
him  with  the  wood  that  he  needs  in  so  many  ways.”  Feeling 
then  the  importance  of  this  great  movement  in  our  midst  as  we 
must,  let  us  lend  our  aid  to  the  great  work  on  the  mainland ! Let 
us  make  use  of  that  wonderful  power  of  thought  in  which  we  all 
believe,  and  help  with  all  our  hearty  interest  towards  creating  that 
vast  wave  of  public  sentiment  which  will  carry  this  conservation 
project  to  a triumphant  issue ! 
THE  GREAT  AMAZON  FOREST. 
The  great  forest  of  the  Amazon  basin  is  eleven  hundred  miles 
long  east  and  west  by  seven  hundred  and  fifty  miles  north  and 
south.  It  covers  nearly  a million  square  miles  in  Brazil.  But 
as  it  lacks  construction  timbers  it  can  not  be  looked  to  for  relief 
from  the  approaching  scarcity  in  that  kind  of  wood. 
This  Amazon  forest  presents  the  usual  features  of  tropical 
growths,  a tangle  of  vines  weaving  the  great  trees  together  and 
obscuring  the  sky,  and  leaves  hanging  from  the  branches  like 
topes,  while  underneath  is  a snarl  of  shrubs  and  creeping  plants 
in  which  are  hidden  many  species  of  fibrous  plants  and  cacti  with 
their  sharp  stings  and  thorns. 
