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Fifth. That an appropriation be secured at the coming session 
of the Legislature for a Territorial Statistician. 
Such an official should properly be attached to one of the exist- 
ing departments. The salary should be sufficient to secure the 
services of a capable person and provision should be made for a 
certain amount of clerical assistance. 
Sixth. That a systematic attempt be made to develop and more 
firmly to establish diversified industries in the Territory. 
To this end the Hawaii Experiment Station should receive not 
only the moral but the financial support of the Territory, in order 
that it may enlarge the scope of its work, particularly in the way 
of establishing local demonstration areas. 
Very respectfully, 
(Signed) Ralph S. Hosmer, 
William O. Smith, 
A. Gartley, 
W. F. Dillingham, 
Tared G. Smith, 
Territorial Conservation Commission of Hawaii. 
Appendix "A." 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX FORESTS. 
Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 14th, 1908. 
For a clear understanding of the forest situation in Hawaii it is 
necessary that one be acquainted with the conditions of topo- 
graphy and local climate. Lying in the belt of the northeast trade 
winds and being mountainous it follows that the Hawaiian Islands 
have a climate characterized by contrasts. On the windward 
slopes of the mountains is an area of high precipitation ; in the 
leeward districts scant rainfall, even appproaching aridity, is the 
rule. These facts coupled with the remarkable porosity of the 
soil, due to its volcanic origin, have a very direct bearing on the 
forest situation. 
There are two main classes of forest in Hawaii. Both are of 
economic value ; one because it helps to conserve the water needed 
for irrigation, power development and domestic supply, the other 
because it produces wood and timber. The forests of the former 
class are as a rule situated on the moist, windward slopes of the 
higher mountains. They are essentially "protection forests" in 
that their main value rests in the water that can be got from them. 
