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by  the  terms  of  their  leases  or  by  being  in  fee  simple  ownership 
could  have  been  opened  for  cattle  grazing. 
To  meet  the  objection  that  can  very  pertinently  be  raised  that 
too  much  dependence  in  the  management  of  this  and  other  Hawai- 
ian forest  reserves  is  now  placed  on  the  good  will  of  private  cor- 
porations and  individuals  it  has  frankly  to  be  admitted  that  the 
present  condition  is  far  from  satisfactory.  The  condition  is  one 
that  can  only  be  remedied  by  the  organization  of  a salaried  forest 
ranger  service,  responsible  to  this  department  alone.  Toward  this 
end  the  energies  of  the  Division  of  Forestry  will  continuously  be 
directed  until  such  a force  is  secured. 
In  the  meantime  the  work  of  formally  setting  apart  forest  re- 
serves finds  its  justification  in  that  it  is  a necessary  and  essential 
step  in  the  right  direction — one  that  must  be  taken  before  plans 
for  the  forest  to  do  its  full  part  in  the  development  of  the  Terri 
tory  can  be  put  into  effect. 
DESIRABLE  EXTENSION  OF  THE  RESERVE. 
In  addition  to  the  area  now  recommended  to  be  set  apart,  it  is 
my  belief  that  the  Kohala  Mountain  Forest  Reserve  should  be 
extended  to  include  the  forested  section  immediately  adjoining 
and  to  the  west  of  Honokane  and  Pololu  gulches.  This  section  is 
made  up  of  the  privately  owned  lands  of  Kahua  1 and  2,  Kehena 
2,  and  the  area  of  forest  above  the  Niulii,  the  Halawa  and  the 
eastern  part  of  the  Kohala  Sugar  Company’s  plantations  that  has 
for  some  years  been  held  as  a private  forest  reserve.  This  area  is 
not  included  in  the  proposed  Kohala  Mountain  Forest  Reserve  at 
this  time  because  of  complications  arising- out  of  uncertaintv  as  to 
the  use  to  which  certain  of  the  lands  may  at  any  moment  be  put 
by  their  owners.  Several  attempts  have  been  made  to  bring  about 
action  that  would  result  in  the  permanent  setting  apart  of  this  area 
as  a forest  reserve,  but  so  far  nothing  tangible  has  resulted.  The 
matter  is,  however,  still  under  advisement ; in  time  something  may 
be  accomplished. 
As  a matter  of  record  and  as  one  step  toward  the  desired  end  I 
may  state  here  that  it  is  my  judgment  that  there  should  be  added 
to  the  Kohala  Mountain  Forest  Reserve  the  area  lying  to  the  west 
of  Honokane  and  Pololu  gulches  bounded  as  follows : 
Beginning  at  the  Pololu  Gulch  at  the  eastern  makai  corner  of 
the  private  forest  reserve  of  the  Niulii  plantation,  and  following 
the  makai  boundary  of  the  said  reserve  and  its  extension  across 
the  lands  back  of  and  above  the  Niulii,  Halawa  and  Kohala  Sugar 
Companies’  plantations  to  its  western  extremitv  back  of  and  above 
the  Kohala  Sugar  Company’s  mill ; thence  following  the  western 
boundary  of  the  reserve  up  to  the  land  of  Kehena  2 ; thence 
easterly  along  the  makai  boundary  of  Kehena  2 to  the  Hoolei- 
palaoa  Gulch;  thence  following  up  the  western  (outside)  edge  of 
the  said  gulch  to  its  source  in  a little  pond  just  north  of  Puu  Pili. 
to  the  summit  of  Puu  Pili ; thence  northerly,  along  the  boundary 
