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in accordance with the long standing custom of the country, 
which is in part confirmed by a statutory amendment, but that 
when awa is taken it shall be required that two dozen slips are to 
be set out for each mature plant removed. It was further voted 
that no other rights than those to be obtained under such a per- 
mit be given to the applicant from Maui, Mr. J. K. Kapunihana. 
UNRESERVED LANDS IN FOREST RESERVES. 
Mr. Campbell read a report by the Superintendent of Forestry 
under date of June 22, relative to the deferred setting apart of 
certain forest lands in the Hilo, Kau and Hamakua-Pali forest 
reserves on Hawaii and the Ewa forest reserves on Oahu. These 
are lands which are included within these reserves, but, owing tq 
the wording of the original forest law, have not been technically 
set apart. After discussion it was suggested that formal action 
he taken now by the Board and that the Governor be requested 
to issue the necessary proclamation. It was therefore voted that 
the Superintendent of Forestry be instructed to prepare the neces- 
sary papers to bring this matter to completion. 
RESERVATION OF KAHOOLAWE. 
The Superintendent of Forestry requested that the Board 
accept, as having been read by title, at this meeting, a report 
recommending the setting apart of the island of Kahoolawe as a 
forest reserve. This island is now under a lease which termi- 
nates in eighteen months. In its present condition it is an ex- 
treme example of soil waste through mismanagement. The island 
can only be reclaimed by being systematically cared for. The 
most effective way of reclaiming Kahoolawe is to turn it over 
to this Board as a forest reserve. This proposition is brought 
forward now at the suggestion and request of the Governor. 
Furthermore, as a secondary consideration, the reclothing of Ka- 
hoolawe with vegetation ought to throw some light on the in- 
teresting problem of the effect of a cover of vegetation in in- 
fluencing rainfall. 
Considerable general discussion followed in regard to Kahoo- 
lawe, after which it was moved that the matter be referred to the 
Committee on Forestry, which body is to report back to the Board 
at an early date. 
PRINTING OF EUCALYPTS REPORT. 
It was moved and seconded that the Superintendent of Forestry 
use every endeavor to have Louis Margolin’s report on Hawaiian 
Eucalypts printed by the U. S. Department, and President Camp- 
bell requested that all correspondence in connection with this mat- 
ter be referred to him as he intended taking this matter up with 
the Bureau in Washington. 
