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RULE V— DIVISION OF FORESTRY 
PRESIDENT'S LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, May 12, 1922. 
Hon. W. R. Farrington, 
Governor of Hawaii, 
Honolulu, T. H. 
Sir : At a meeting of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry 
held yesterday, at which all of the Commissioners were present, 
full consideration was given to the objections to the promulga- 
tion of Rule V, Division of Forestry, as voiced by the Hawaiian 
Trail and Mountain Club and set forth in the minutes of a 
public hearing on this subject held on February 14, 1922, a 
copy of wdiich is herewith presented. 
The Commissioners also considered further evidence favor- 
ing the promulgation of the rule as set forth in a letter from 
the Superintendent of Forestry, dated May 3, 1922, and in a 
letter from Dr. H. L. Lyon, dated March 17, 1922, copies of 
which are also respectfully presented herewith for your careful 
consideration. 
The Board unanimously decided that the benefits to be derived 
from the promulgation of the rule and the importance of putting 
it into effect at the earliest practicable date far outweigh any 
and all objections to it wdiich have so far been presented and 
voted at this meeting to transmit the rule, which it adopted on 
December 6, 1921, to you with the earnest recommendation that 
it receive your formal approval. 
I have the honor, therefore, to transmit herewith in dupHcate 
for your approval Rule V of the Division of Forestry for the 
purpose of protecting the forest growth and protecting from 
contamination the water on the Palolo-Manoa Drainage Reser- 
vation, within the Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve, together 
with a map of the area covered by the rule. 
Very respectfully yours, 
A. L. C. ATKINSON, 
President Board of Agriculture and Forestry. 
