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BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS  OF  AGRICULTURE 
AND  FORESTRY. 
REPORT  OF  THE  DIVISION  OF  FORESTRY  FOR 
JUNE,  1909. 
Honolulu,  Hawaii,  July  7,  1909. 
Board  of  Commissioners  of 
Agriculture  and  Forestry, 
Honolulu. 
Gentlemen : I have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith  the  report 
of  the  Division  of  Forestry  Tfor  June,  1909: 
NEW  FOREST  RESERVES. 
On  June  5th  Governor  Frear  signed  proclamations  creating 
the  four  forest  reserves  of  which  mention  was  made  in  my 
report  for  May;  the  Mauna  Kea  Forest  Reserve  on  Hawaii, 
the  Waihou  Spring  Forest  Reserve  on  Maui,  and  the  Lihue- 
Koloa  and  Molpaa  Forest  Reserves  on  Kauai,  altogether  an 
area  of  101,614  acres,  of  which  82  per  cent,  is  government 
land.  There  are  now  20  forest  reserves  in  Hawaii,  with  an 
aggregate  total  area  of  545,764  acres,  of  which  65  per  cent., 
or  357,180  acres,  belongs  to  the  Territory.  The  several  re- 
ports of  the  Superintendent  of  Forestry  in  regard  to  these  re- 
cent forest  reserve  projects  and  the  proclamations  in  regard 
thereto  are  published  in  the  Hawaiian  Forester  and  Agricul- 
turist for  June. 
During  the  month  progress  has  been  made  in  the  matter  of 
the  setting  apart  of  additional  forest  lands  in  the  Kohala  Dis- 
trict on  Hawaii.  A map  has  recently  been  completed  by  Mr. 
S.  M.  Kanakanui  of  the  Survey  Office  showing  the  boundaries 
of  the  section  proposed  to  be  reserved  and  the  areas  of  in- 
dividual lands  therein.  This  map  will  be  of  particular  use  in 
helping  to  affect  a satisfactory  settlement  with  the  owners 
of  private  land  within  the  proposed  reserve. 
Hon.  H.  L.  Holstein,  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representa 
tives,  is  at  present  working  on  a plan  of  cooperation  between 
the  plantations  and  the  ranch  owners  in  Kohala  through  which 
it  is  hoped  the  desired  reservation  may  be  affected.  Within  a 
comparatively  short  time  I hope  to  be  able  to  report  that  defi- 
nite results  have  been  accomplished. 
