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EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR 
OF HAWAII FOR THE YEAR 1906-07. 
In the report of the Governor of Hawaii for the fiscal year 
ending- June 30, 1907, the last report to be issued by Honorable 
George R. Carter, there appears a section entitled "Work of 
the Board of Agriculture and Forestry," made up of contribu- 
tions prepared by the three Chiefs of Division, Messrs. Craw, 
Norgaard and Hosmer. As the report is only issued in a 
limited edition, these statements are re-published in full on 
another page of this issue for the information of those in- 
terested. 
Elsewhere in the report Mr. Carter makes definite recom- 
mendations in regard to forest matters and agricultural pro- 
blems in the Territory. These paragraphs are as follows : 
"During the fiscal year forest reserves to the extent of 147,- 
715 acres have been set aside by proclamation, the total area of 
the forest reserves now being 397,187 acres. The value of a 
forest belt to the productive wealth of any area is becoming 
more and more apparent as the connection between the forest- 
covered area and the water supply is better understood." 
"The most important legislation needed for Hawaii is nega- 
tive in its nature, i. e., to exempt her from the application of 
laws absolutely unfitted for her unique conditions. Hawaii's 
problems are not those of the mainland or of the other Terri- 
tories. While Hawaii is an integral part of the Union, its 
geographical location, people, and crops are radically different 
from those of the mainland. The application of a number of 
the general laws of the United States seriously retards prog- 
ress now, and others might unwittingly bring- about a crisis. 
"On the other hand, much has been and can be done by Con- 
gress to encourage the progress that is being made toward 
building here a community homogeneous with those on the 
mainland. However, laws will not change the period in which 
crops mature and can not make the crops here similar to those 
in the Temperate Zone. And yet, in the administration of our 
public lands, the limit of time beyond which the lands can not 
be leased is based on the practice in the Temperate Zone. 
Many tropical crops can not be produced within the five years 
prescribed. 
"Including these islands as a part of the Union does not 
bring them nearer to the continent; they are still 2,100 miles 
away. Nevertheless they are regarded as forming a part of 
the coast line and the coastwise laws are applied to Hawaii, 
notwithstanding that travel between here and the mainland is 
confined exclusively to water, while on every other portion of 
the coast there is transportation by land as well as by water. 
