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BOARD. OF COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE 
AND FORESTRY. 
DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 
ROUTINE REPORT. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, April i, 1908. 
Board of Commissioners of 
Agriculture and Forestry, 
Honolulu, Hawaii. 
Gentlemen :— 
I have the honor to submit the following report of the Division 
of Forestry for the period from February 12 to date. During 
this time I have been for the most part in the Honolulu office en- 
gaged with the preparation of the reports desired by the Board 
on forest matters and the existing homestead situation in the Dis- 
trict of Hamakua, Island of Hawaii, with matters connected 
with proposed Forest Reserves on the West Maui Mountain, on 
the land of Makawao, Maui, and' in Xorth Kona, Hawaii, with a 
report to the Bishop Estate on the management of its forest lands 
in Kona, prepared under the offer of cooperative assistance the 
result of field work done last autumn, and with two lectures de- 
livered in the popular course at the College of Agriculture and 
Mechanic Arts on March 27 and 31, 1908. 
On February 24 a Public Hearing was held by the Governor 
and the Board to consider the Forest Reserve Projects just men- 
tioned. No opposition developed, but proclamations have not yet 
been signed owing to a technicality in the forest law on which 
the Governor desires to obtain an opinion from the Supreme 
Court. 
Mr. Haughs' report tells of the matters that come under his 
immediate jurisdiction. 
Attention is called to a number of valuable accessions to the 
Board Library, recently received. 
MEETINGS. 
On March 9, 1908, the Hawaiian Poultry Association held , a 
meeting in the Library room of the Board. 
Very respectfully, , 
Ralph S. Hosmer, 
Superintendent of Forestry. 
