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THE FOREST SITU ATI OX IN HAMAKUA. 
Whenever a forest reserve is made in Hawaii it is the custom 
of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry to publish in full in 
this magazine the various reports, recommendations and resolu- 
tions in regard thereto. This is done that the public may know 
the grounds on which the reserve is made and the reasons that 
underlie the recommendations made. 
After a careful and thorough investigation of the problem, 
the Superintendent of Forestry has reported adversely on the 
proposition to create a general forest reserve in the District of 
Hamakua, Island of Hawaii. This report contains a statement 
of facts, on which rest the reasons for the position taken. 
Here follow the reports of the Committee on Forestry and of 
the Superintendent of Forestry: 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY. 
In view of Mr. Hosmer's report on the question of forestry in 
the Hamakua District, Hawaii, the majority of your Committee 
recommends that the Board take no action at the present time in 
establishing forest lines in this district and that the Board ap- 
prove the proposition of a lease to the Kukaiau Plantation Com- 
pany of the Government lands of Kaohe, Hoea-Kaao, Keala- 
kaha-Niupea, and Manowaialee. 
Providing such lease is made by the Commissioner of Public 
Lands, the entire Committee recommends that the lease contain 
the following terms and conditions : 
(a) That the term of the lease be such as to expire at the 
same time as the leases of similar lands in the Hamakua District 
made some time ago to the Parker Ranch Company. 
(b) That the lease require the planting of a minimum of 
50,000 trees each year for a period of eight years, and that the 
lives of these trees be maintained for the entire period of the 
lease so that at its termination there will be 400,000 growing 
trees in addition to those now existing. Should any of the trees 
fail to thrive, additional trees to be planted to meet the required 
number of 400,000 to be growing at the expiration of the lease. 
(c) That the general plan of planting and fencing the pro- 
posed groves be subject to the approval and enforced under the 
direction of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry. 
(d) That a good and sufficient bond be required of the lessee 
to insure the fulfillment of these conditions of the lease. 
The report submitted by the Committee on Forestry was ap- 
proved by the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and For- 
estry at a meeting held on April 1, 1908. 
