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approval of the general terms of the application of the Kukaiau 
Plantation Company for the lands at the east end of Hamakua ; 
that insistance on the forest withdrawal clause be in this instance 
waived ; and that the Commissioner of Public Lands be informed 
of the action taken. 
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS. 
The recommendations in this report, based on my findings in 
Hamakua and supported by reasons that have been set forth in 
detail, may thus be summarized : 
(1) That under the conditions now existing in the District 
of Hamakua it is neither feasible nor wise to attempt the creation 
of a general forest reserve in that district. 
(2) That in view of existing facts and' future needs the Gov- 
ernment was fully justified in leasing Nienie and Kamoku under 
the provisions that it did. 
(3) That Kaohe and the other lands at the east end of the 
District should be leased under the general terms proposed in 
the application of the Kukaiau Plantation Company. 
(4) That it is to the personal interest of the private owners 
of forest land in Hamakua to act in a conservative way as re- 
gards clearing additional areas of forest, in view of the fact that 
it is very much easier to destroy forest than to replace it. 
(5) That in view of the growing scarcity of wood and the 
lessened' area of native forest from which a local supply could be 
got, all waste areas of private land, not otherwise used, should be 
planted with commercially valuable trees. 
Very respectfully, , 
Ralph S. Hosmer, 
Superintendent of Forestry. 
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 
By an inadvertence proper acknowledgment of an article which 
appeared in the last number of the Forester, was omitted. We 
refer to the paper entitled 'Rats' which was taken from the Journal 
of the Agricultural Society of Jamaica. 
