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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE 
AND FORESTRY. 
A meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and 
Forestry was held at the Board room, in the Capitol, on Thurs- 
day, April 7, 1910, at 2 :30 p. m. 
^Ir. ]\larston Campbell, President and Executive Officer, and 
^lessrs. T- ^1- Dowsett and A. Waterhouse, members, were pres- 
ent. 
In the absence from the city of H. ^I. von Holt and D. P. R. 
Isenberg, members, ^Ir. Albert Waterhouse was appointed on 
the committees on Entomology, Rules and Regulations, Agricul- 
ture, Animal Industry and Bee Industry. 
Forest Rcscn'cs. 
Campbell stated that the Governor had set ^lay 30 as the 
date of the public hearing in reference to the Pupukea-Paumalu 
forest reserve. 
In regard to the Kohala forest resen'e matter 'Mr. Campbell 
reported that the sum of $24,280, contributed by the Kohala in- 
terests. to be at the disposal of the Board for the acquirement of 
2,480 acres of the lands of Kehena II. is now being held up by 
certain requirements of the Kohala subscribers. After an in- 
vestigation he found that the Kohala Ditch Company have the 
right of way across the lands of Kehena II for their ditches and 
reservoir sites and that they also have a right to the waters of 
Kehena II. in consideration of which the Woods Estate is granted 
20,000 gallons of water per day from the ditch and tributaries. 
So far as the right of way of the ditch and reservoir sites is con- 
cerned there is no objection on the part of the Kohala people, 
but they do object to the water being granted. Mr. Campbell 
said that the waters of Kehena II amount to nothing, as in his 
opinion the water rights of the Kohala Ditch Company are of no 
value except for storm waters. Under an agreement made with 
these people the water would have to be put up at public auction. 
If the Board entered condemnation proceedings it might con- 
sider the franchise rights. 
Mr. Dowsett said that he thought if the subscribers to this 
fund were given time and the Kohala Ditch Company made the 
matter clear to them, there would be no trouble, they being al- 
lowed to go on with their work and do all they can to provide 
water, of which they are very much in need. Any action taken 
by the Superintendent of Public Works must await the settle- 
ment of this question. 
The executive officer stated that under the present restrictions 
the Superintendent of Public M’orks is without power to do 
anything, as requested by the Board of Commissioners. 
