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refuse to consider a new lease and would make recommenda- 
tion to the Land Board against the re-leasing of this land. 
The President directed that a copy of Mr. Hosmer’s re- 
port recommending the setting apart of Kahoolawe as a 
forest reserve be given to the Press for publication. 
It was moved and seconded that the Superintendent of 
Forestry be instructed to prepare all necessary papers for the 
signature of the Governor, preliminary to the public hearing 
for the setting apart of this island as the Kahoolawe Forest 
Reserve. Carried. 
The President read a communication under date of July 
5, to the heirs of the estate of James Woods, in response to 
one from the heirs dated June 30. At a meeting of the heirs 
of the estate a resolution was recorded June 30, 1910, that 
the Secretary of the Woods Estate be instructed to notify 
the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry 
that the heirs cannot entertain the offer of $7.50 per acre for 
the lands of Kehena II, made by the Board, which resolution 
had been passed unanimously. 
After some discussion it was moved and seconded that the 
Superintendent of Public Works be requested to institute 
condemnation proceedings for the land of Kehena II for 
forest reserve purposes. Carried. 
The President read a letter from the Superintendent of 
Forestry to the Board in regard to his report of June 21, sub- 
mitted at a previous meeting, relative to the construction of 
a fence on the land of Piha, Hilo, Hawaii. It was voted that 
this report be placed on file. 
RARE ISLAND BIRDS. 
President Campbell read a communication dated July 5, 
to Miss Annie M. Alexander, expressing the Board’s regret 
that at their last meeting it was deemed inadvisable to grant 
the permission she asked to collect specimens of the rare 
species of native island birds for exhibition purposes, as there 
are so few of these birds remaining . 
PERMIT TO TUNNEL FOR WATER. 
President Campbell also read a communication from Mr. 
Lee St. John Gilbert, dated June 21, 1910, an application for 
the right to tunnel for water in the Lualualei forest reserva- 
tion, and stated that he had sent Mr. Martin, the hydrog- 
rapher, to this reserve, who reported that there was little 
chance of Mr. Gilbert’s getting water. Mr. Gilbert has 
bought a homestead there. 
The Board expressed no objections to his going and pros- 
pecting for water. It was voted that such permission be 
granted him. 
