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bounded by the fence at the bottom of the present cane field, and 
being all the land below said fence ; the said piece of land having 
a length of about 3000 feet and an average width of about 100 
feet and comprising about seven acres, more or less ; the exact 
area and description to be determined later and when so deter- 
mined to be attached to and to form, in place of the present de- 
scription, the official description of the Hauola Forest Reserve. 
. Area, 7 acres, more or less. 
\Rry respectfully, 
Ralph S. Hosmer, 
Superintendent of Forestry. 
Minutes of a Public Hearing in re the Proposed Hauola Forest 
Reserve, District of Hamakua, Island and County of Hawaii, 
Territory of Hawaii, held by the Acting Governor, Ernest A. 
Mott-Smith, and the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture 
and Forestry, in the Office of the Board on King Street, Mon- 
day, June 13, 1910, at 10:05 o’clock A. M. 
Present : — Hon. Ernest Mott-Smith, Acting Governor of the 
Territory; Marston Campbell, President of the Board; Guilford 
H. Whitney, representing T. H. Davies & Company, and R. S. 
Hosmer, Superintendent of Forestr}^ 
After consulting the map the Acting Governor asked the object 
of setting apart this stretch of land as a forest reserve. 
Mr. Hosmer replied that the object of the creation of this small 
forest reserve on the Hamakua coast was to give permanent pro- 
tection to a plantation of forest trees, mainly Ironwoods, which 
has been established by the Hamakua Mill Company as a wind- 
break to protect the section near the bluff from the strong trade 
winds. Mr. T. Clive Davies of T. H. Davies & Company haS' 
especially been interested in having this brought about. The land 
of Hauola is at present under lease to the Hamakua Mill Com- 
pany, which lease expires in May, 1914. The windbreak will be 
efficiently cared for by the Mill Company and will protect the cane 
or any other crop that may be grown on the land immediately 
above it. The Hamakua Mill Company will plant the trees and 
care for the same during a period of twenty-one years. Whatever 
use may subsequently be made of the remainder of Hauola, benefit 
will result from having this windbreak. 
The Acting Governor : The land as it now stands is valueless, 
is it not? 
Mr. Hosmer: Yes, it is valueless. 
Mr. Campbell : The easiest way to care for the land properly 
is to create it a forest reserve. When the lease expires the balance 
of the land may be homesteaded. 
