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it is only reasonable to expect that in due course scientific in- 
vestigations — that at present neither the Territorial nor the Fed- 
eral Government has the funds to undertake — will demonstrate 
how the pests can effectively be combatted'. 
As conditions now are, and as they must necessarily remain for 
some years, the only practicable use of the land is grazing. Conse- 
quently the question narrows still further to grazing versus a 
commercial forest, or more exactly, in view of the Kukaiau Plan- 
tation's application, to grazing with a tree planting clause versus 
the ultimate planting of a commercial forest by the Territory. 
On this point I cannot do better than to quote the opinion already 
expressed by me in my report of November n, 1907, of the 
soundness of which my recent trip to Hamakua only the more 
firmly convinces me. The statement there made, with a few 
bracketed interpolations, is -as follows:, 
"I am not in favor of a reservation with the idea of ultimate 
replanting because I believe that to undertake forest planting on 
an extensive scale in such a district as Hamakua is contrary to 
the general forest policy that has been adopted by the Territory 
as best meeting the needs of the islands as a whole. 
"Forest planting costs money. The three possible sources of 
revenue are: (1) direct legislative appropriations, (2) income 
from the sale of forest products from forest reserves, and (3) 
contributions from private interests. Even were the money 
available under either of the first two heads it is a grave ques- 
tion whether, in view of the other pressing forest needs in the 
Territory, to use it for [commercial] forest planting in a section 
like Hamakua would be wise. Personally, I think a wiser use 
would be to secure better protection, through fencing and sys- 
tematic administration, of certain of the already established 
[protection forest] reserves. Or if planting were to be under- 
taken, to confine it to filling in blanks in existing forests or to 
work of similar character. 
"If the Territory had a large revenue, which is distinctly not 
the case, considerable sums might well be expended in forest plant- 
ing. As it is, I believe that what money is available can be more 
wisely used in other ways. In any event there is no money now 
in sight under either the first or the second head, nor is it very 
likely that any considerable amount could be got from private 
sources for replanting public lands in Hamakua, especially in 
view of the work waiting to be done in the planting of gulch 
sides and waste lands on the plantations. 
"The foregoing statement does not, however, mean that the 
Government should refrain from doing what it can toward forest 
replacement, either in the direct planting of limited areas or in 
the encouragement of larger planting projects — quite to the con- 
trary. And for this reason I am heartily in favor (as I have al- 
ready reported to this Committee) of the general terms of a 
proposition made to the Government by the Kukaiau Plantation 
