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him to discuss the conservation of the natural resources of the 
Xation. This meeting- was an event of far reaching importance 
for it marks the starting point of many movements that have to 
do with the wiser use, not only of the forests, but also of the other 
great natural sources of wealth — lands, minerals and waters. At 
the Governors' Conference, Hawaii was represented by the Gov- 
ernor of the Territory and by three "advisors," one of whom was 
the secretary of your Association. 
Following the Conference of the Governors, and as a direct 
result of that meeting, the governors of many of the States have 
appointed local conservation commissions to undertake an inven- 
tory of local resources and to assist in outlining a plan whereby 
the material resources of the Nation as a whole can be used 
wisely, without waste or unnecessary loss. Governor Frear has 
appointed such a commission for this Territory and data are now 
being collected as the basis for a report that will contain specific 
recommendations. Many of the problems of conservation are 
essentially local in character and can only be solved by plans 
resulting from the detailed and comprehensive study of individual 
localities. Others are shared in common by this Territory and by 
the States and Territories on the mainland in a way that a better 
understanding of the whole subject is making more and more 
clear. In so far as Hawaii has taken part in this general move- 
ment it is unquestionably the most notable event in the history of 
forestry in the Territory during the past year. 
With the widening in scope of the general outlook the work of 
the Territorial Forest Service has gone steadily forward. Pur- 
suing the policy adopted at its organization, five years ago, there 
have been set apart during the past year additional forest reserves 
amounting in area to 46,429 acres, of which 21,094 acres, or 45 
per cent., is Government land. This brings the total area of the 
Hawaiian forest reserves, now sixteen in number, up to 444,116 
acres, of which 273,912 acres, or 61 per cent., belongs to the Gov- 
ernment. Forest Reserve projects amounting to a r .ota.\ of 62,180 
acres now only await formal action by the Board of Agriculture 
and Forestry and the Governor before being set apart. The most 
important forest reserve projects now pending are the proposed 
Kohala Mountain Forest Reserve on Hawaii, and the proposed 
Lihue-Koloa and Kilauea-Aliomanu Forest Reserves on Kauai. 
With the setting apart of the two last named proposed reserves, 
the entire upland region in the central part of Kauai will be in- 
cluded within the forest reserve limits, making Kauai the first 
:sland on which the reserve system has been brought to com- 
pletion. 
Reference to the forest reserves brings up a matter in which 
this Association can by its influence and support be of material 
assistance in strengthening the forest policy of the Territory. 
As has been frequently pointed out the primary value of the 
Hawaiian forest lies in the protective influence it exerts on the 
