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BOARD  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  FORESTRY. 
Division  of  Forestry* 
REPORT  OF  THE  DIVISION  OF  FORESTRY  FOR  MAY.. 
Honolulu,  Hawaii,  June  2,  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  May. 
NEW  FOREST  RESERVES. 
The  month  of  May  1909,  saw  several  forest  reserve  projects 
brought  to  the  point  of  completion.  Following  action  by  the 
Forestry  Committee  the  Board  approved  the  proposed  reserves 
at  a meeting  held  on  May  18.  On  May  29  a public  hearing  was 
held  by  the  Governor  and  the  Board,  at  which  the  Governor  an- 
nounced that  he  would  sign  the  necessary  proclamations.  These 
are  now  being  prepared  and  will  be  signed  within  the  next  few 
days. 
The  new  reserves  are  the  “Mauna  Kea  Forest  Reserve,”  66,600 
acres,  all  government  land,  in  the  District  of  Hamakua,  Island 
of  Hawaii,  embracing  the  summit  and  upper  slopes  of  Mauna 
Kea ; the  “Waihou  Spring  Forest  Reserve,”  in  the  District  of 
Hamakuapoko,  Island  of  Maui,  surrounding  the  Waihou  Spring 
on  the  western  slope  of  Mt.  Haleakala,  a total  area  of  84  acres, 
of  which  74  is  government  land;  the  “Lihue-Koloa  Forest  Re- 
serve,” in  the  Districts  of  Puna  and  Kona,  on  the  Island  of  Kauai, 
a total  area  of  29,260  acres,  of  which  12,945,  or  44  per  cent.,  is 
government  land;  the  “Moloaa  Forest  Reserve,”  in  the  District 
of  Koolau,  also  on  Kauai,  5,670  acres,  of  which  3,615,  or  64  per 
cent.,  belongs  to  the  government ; and  a modification  of  the 
boundary  of  the  Makawao  Forest  Reserve,  in  the  District  of 
Hamakuapoko,  Maui,  whereby  the  area  of  that  reserve  is  in- 
creased from  1,796  to  1,830  acres. 
The  creation  of  these  new  reserves  on  Kauai  completes  the 
chain  around  the  main  mountain  on  that  island,  bringing  Kauai 
to  a point  where  forest  management  can  be  effectively  applied 
when  it  becomes  possible  to  undertake  systematic  forest  adminis- 
tration. 
