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BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS  OF  AGRICULTURE 
AND  FORESTRY. 
Division  of  Forestry. 
ROUTINE  REPORT. 
Honolulu,  Hawaii,  May  12,  1909. 
Board  of  Commissioners  of  Agriculture  and  Forestry, 
Honolulu. 
Gentlemen:  I have  the  honor  to  submit  the  regular  report 
of  the  Division  of  Forestry  for  the  month  of  April. 
FOREST  RESERVE  PROJECTS. 
During  the  first  part  of  the  month  my  own  time  was  largely 
occupied  with  the  preparation  of  several  reports  in  connection 
with  projects  to  set  apart  additional  areas  of  forest  land  on 
the  islands  of  Hawaii,  Maui  and  Kauai  as  forest  reserves. 
These  projects  include  the  proposed  Mauna  Kea  Forest  Re- 
serve on  Hawaii,  the  proposed  Waihou  Spring  Reserve  and  a 
modification  of  the  boundary  of  the  existing  Makawao  Forest 
Reserve  on  Maui,  and  the  proposed  Lihue-Koloa  and  Moloaa 
Forest  Reserves  on  Kauai.  During  the  month  I also  submit- 
ted to  the  Board  special  reports  on  questions  dealing  with  gov- 
ernment forest  land  on  Hawaii  and  Molokai,  respectively  the 
lands  of  Waiea  in  South  Kona,  and  Ualapue  and  Kahananui 
on  Molokai. 
CUTTING  OF  DEAD  WOOD  ON  WAIANAE-UKA. 
On  April  15  and  16  I made  an  inspection  of  the  wood  cut- 
ting operations  on  the  land  of  Waianae-uka,  above  Wahiawar 
on  the  island  of  Oahu.  As  a result  of  this  inspection  I sub- 
mitted a report  to  the  Board  under  the  date  of  April  2c,  mak- 
ing certain  recommendations  in  regard  to  the  conditions  under 
which  the  work  should  be  done  under  the  extension  of  the 
license  to  cut.  These  recommendations  were  approved  by  the 
Board  and  have  since  been  incorporated  in  a new  agreement 
between  the  Land  Commissioner  and  the  licensee,  Mr.  W.  L. 
Hopper.  The  object  is  the  better  protection  of  the  under- 
growth that  is  coming  up  on  the  land  burnt  over  some  years 
ago. 
