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Ownership. 
Of the total area of the proposed reserve (44,440 acres) some- 
what over half is held by private individuals or corporations, while 
of the Government land (17,005 acres) all but 7,860 acres is un- 
der lease for varying terms. Under the provisions of the forest 
reserve law, as amended at the 1907 Session of the Legislature of 
Hawaii, all of the Government land can, however, be set apart, 
the full reservation to take effect immediately on the unleased 
portion and, automatically, at the expiration of the existing leases, 
on the remainder. 
The privately owned lands within the reserve are at present 
almost without exception owned either by one or another of the 
large sugar plantation companies on West Maui or by the Hono- 
lua Ranch. It is the desire of each of these companies to main- 
tain on the mountain the favorable conditions of forest cover now 
existing. To this end all are in harmony with the purpose of the 
government in creating the reserve and all have expressed their 
intention of continuing to maintain as private reserves, the forest 
areas now so held by them. 
In the Lahaina District there are within the reserve portions 
of three lands belonging to the Lahainaluna School, namely Kuia, 
Panaewa and Paunau. They are not called "Government lands'' 
as they have been definitely turned over to the Department of 
Public Instruction. Neither are they strictly to be classed as 
private lands, although for the sake of convenience they may be 
so considered. An agreement is now pending whereby the man- 
agement of these lands may be turned over to this Board by the 
Board of Public Instruction, as provided by law for privately 
owned lands. The three lands together form one block with an 
area of 2,100 acres.* 
A full list of the lands making up the proposed West Maui 
Forest Reserve, with the area of each within the reserve boundary, 
is given as part of the official description. Following is a list of 
the Government lands, portions of which are included in the 
reserve, with the names of the present lessees, the dates of expira- 
tion of the existing leases, and the area in the reserve of each 
land : 
* While this report was in the hands of the Committee on Forestry an 
arrangement was made whereby the Department of Public Instruction will 
turn back to the Territorial Government the portions of these lands within 
the West Maui Forest Reserve. The Governor will then set them apart 
with the other unleased government lands within the reserve boundary. 
In giving up the lands the Department of Public Instruction reserves cer- 
tain rights of wood and' water for the Lahainaluna School. 
