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afford  permanent  protection  to  the  forest  cover  on  the  watershed 
on  the  windward  side  of  Maui,  of  which  area  the  Makawao  Forest 
Reserve  is  the  extreme  western  section.  The  Makawao  Reserve 
was  made  to  round  out  and  complete  the  area  of  forest  already 
included  in  the  Koolau  Forest  Reserve. 
The  Makawao  Forest  Reserve  was  approved  by  the  Board  of 
Agriculture  and  Forestry  at  a meeting  held  on  July  29,  1907. 
The  reports  and  resolutions  in  regard  thereto  were  published  in 
the  Hawaiian  Forester  and  Agriculturist  for  August,  1907  (Vol. 
IV,  No.  8,  pp.  241-245). 
The  purpose  of  the  present  report  is  to  recommend  a change  of 
boundary  whereby  the  reserve  Gan  be  better  protected.  When 
the  boundary  was  originally  laid  out  it  was  made,  on  the  western 
side  of  the  tract,  to  follow  the  “inside”  or  eastern  bank  of  the 
Kahakapao  Gulch,  from  a point  near  Olinda  to  a point  nearly 
abreast  of  Pali  o ka  Moa  Falls.  This  was  done  because  it  was 
then  expected  that  homestead  lots  would  soon  be  laid  out  fronting 
on  the  Haleakala  Mountain  Road  and  running  back  to  the  Gulch, 
the  bottom;  of  which  it  was  thought  desirable  to  include  in  the 
lots,  as  adding  to  their  value  from  giving  water  rights,  although 
this  stream  has  only  an  intermittent  flow.  A better  acquaintance 
with  the  land  showed  that  the  opening  up  of  lots  in  this  section 
would  be  inadvisable.  Consequently  there  is  now  no  objection 
to  changing  the  boundary  to  the  outside  or  western  bank  of  the 
Gulch,  which  is  the  natural  place  for  it,  because  owing  to  steep 
palis  all  the  way  down  the  stream  a few  short  stretches  of  fence 
on  this  bank  will  protect  all  the  land  within.  The  eastern  bank 
does  not  afford  the  natural  barriers  that  the  outer  side  of  the 
Gulch  does.  The  present  area  of  the  Makawao  Forest  Reserve 
is  1,796  acres;  the  area  with  the  boundary  changed  as  is  here  pro- 
posed is  1,830  acres. 
This  change  of  boundary  meets  with  the  approval  of  Governor 
Frear  and  of  the  Land  Commissioner.  It  was  in  fact  made  at  the 
direction  of  the  Governor. 
For  the  reasons,  then,  that  the  proposed  change  of  boundary 
will  make  it  possible  to  protect  and  administer  the  reserve  to 
better  advantage,  I do  now  recommend  that  the  Board  approve 
this  report  and  request  the  Governor  to  modify  the  existing 
boundary  and  to  set  apart  as  the  Makawao  Forest  Reserve  the 
area  within  the  boundary  hereinafter  set  forth. 
The  official  revised  description  of  the  Makawao  Forest  Re- 
serve, prepared  by  the  Government  Survey  Office,  as  C.  S.  F. 
2002,  and  accompanied  by  Registered  Map  No.  2394,  is  as  follows : 
(Here  omitted  because  the  description  also  forms  a part  of  the 
official  proclamation,  printed  elsewhere  in  this  issue  of  the  For- 
ester.) 
Very  respectfully, 
Ralph  S.  Hosmer, 
Superintendent  of  Forestry. 
