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Whereas,  if  reserved  for  forest  same  would  be  for  all  time 
a safeguard  to  the  district  against  droughts,  the  agricultural  and 
all  other  industries  located  in  the  North  Kohala  District  would 
benefit ; 
Therefore,  be  it  Resolved  by  the  Planters  and  Residents  of  Ko- 
hala, that  the  Representatives  and  Senators  of  this  District  be 
requested  to  take  such  steps  as  may  be  necessary  to  enact  such 
laws  as  will  enable  the  government  to  acquire  the  lands  extending 
from  the  timber  line  on  mountains  southeast  of  Kohala  to  such 
limits  as  are  recommended  by  Forester  Hosmer. 
(Signed)  John  Hind, 
Robt.  Hall, 
H.  H.  Renton, 
J.  Atkins  Wight, 
H.  R.  Bryant, 
R.  R.  Elgin, 
Geo.  C.  Watt. 
Mr.  Campbell.  I will  call  on  Mr.  Hosmer  at  this  point,  to 
describe  the  proposed  forest  reserve. 
Mr.  Hosmer.  The  proposed  Kohala  Mountain  Forest  is  shown 
on  the  small  blue  print  map  that  you  hold  in  your  hands.  It  is 
made  from  a tracing  of  a portion  of  this  big  government  map  of 
the  whole  island.  It  takes  in  the  areas  shown  on  this  large  map 
by  the  red  lines.  The  red  lines  on  the  blue  print  take  in  the  whole 
summit  of  the  Kohala  Mountain.  In  addition  to  this  proposed 
reserve,  a portion  of  the  Kohala  Mountain  has  already  been  set 
apart  as  a forest  reserve — the  Hamakua  Pali  Forest  Reserve,  set 
apart  in  1904. 
This  new  proposed  reserve  begins  with  the  private  forest 
reserve  back  of  Kukuihaele,  maintained  for  twenty  years  or  more 
as  a private  reserve  by  the  Pacific  Sugar  Mill  and  on  which  a 
good  deal  of  planting  has  been  done.  Then  it  takes  in  the  section 
back  of  and  above  the  Waimea  plains,  a good  deal  of  which 
is  the  government  land  of  Puukapu,  and  all  under  lease  to  the 
Parker  Ranch.  Mr.  Carter,  representing  the  Parker  Ranch,  has 
caused  fences  to  be  constructed,  shutting  off  this  portion  of  the 
mountain  all  the  way  along  from  Waimea  to  the  boundary  of 
Waika.  I believe  that  fence  is  now  complete  all  the  way.  It 
consists  of  paddock  fences  and  other  connecting  stretches  of  fence. 
The  forest  reserve  as  I recommended  it  on  October  14,  1908, 
did  not  include  the  land  which  we  are  today  considering,  because 
at  that  time  it  was  not  possible  to  get  united  action  on  it  and  be- 
cause* the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Forestry  did  not  feel  inclined 
to  make  a recommendation  of  reservation,  unless  there  was  pros- 
pect of  getting  something  accomplished  within  a reasonably  short 
time.  For  that  reason  the  Committee  on  Forestry,  thinking  that 
something  could  be  done  and  that  the  whole  matter  ought  to  be 
taken  up  at  once,  made  the  following  report  on  December  3,  1908 : 
