237 
The  government  land  is  in  two  tracts:  Kalaheo,  with  1,275  acres 
within  the  forest  reserve,  unleased  land  that  can  be  set  apart  at 
once;  and  Wailua,  11,670  acres  in  the  reserve,  under  lease  to 
the  Lihue  Sugar  Plantation  Company  until  Otcober  1,  1917.  Both 
were  crown  lands. 
The  private  lands,  portions  of  which  are  within  the  reserve,  are 
owned  as  follows : 
District  of  Kona. 
Area 
Land.  Owner.  Acres. 
Hanapepe  (a  part  of  the  ili 
of  Koula) Messrs.  Gay  & Robinson 10 
Wahiawa McBryde  Sugar  Company 2,075 
Lawai .McBryde  Sugar  Company 350 
Koloa Mrs.  V.  Knudsen  (leased  to  Koloa 
Sugar  Company) 980 
Land. 
Haiku 
Hanamaulu . . . 
North  Olohena 
Waipouli 
District  of  Puna. 
3415 
Area 
Owner.  Acres. 
Mr.  G.  N.  Wilcox 2,900 
Lihue  Sugar  Plantation  Co ...  . 9,580 
.Makee  Sugar  Company 150 
Makee  Sugar  Company 270 
Brought  forward 
12,900 
3415 
Object. 
16,315 
The  purpose  of  the  Lihue-Koloa  Forest  Reserve  is,  as  has  al- 
ready been  stated,  watershed  protection.  From  west  to  east  some 
of  the  more  important  streams  that  rise  within  the  boundaries  of 
the  proposed  reserves  are  the  Wahiawa,  Lawai,  Koloa,  Huleia 
Rivers,  and  the  North  and  South  Forks  of  the  Wailua  River. 
The  water  from  all  of  these  streams  is  used  for  irrigation  and 
other  economic  purposes.  The  regular  and  sustained  flow  of 
these  streams  depends  on  the  preservation  of  a forest  cover  on 
their  watersheds.  As  irrigation  is  essential  to  the  successful  de- 
velopment of  the  lower  lands  for  sugar  or  other  profitable  crops 
it  follows  that  the  permanent  protection  of  this  forest  area  is  a 
direct  economic  necessity  for  the  Island  of  Kauai.  This  reserve 
belongs,  of  course,  to  the  ‘'protection  forest”  class.  It  should 
be  so  managed  that  the  forest  cover  is  kept  permanently  intact. 
