mm FOREST FBOJSCT. 
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The lands yfottih it is propsto reforest lie on the north east 
slope of Mmnfc Halealcals, m the Island of I'ami, mi thin the ar a hounded 
by 156° - 06* iftd 156° - 15' went longitude,, and 20° - 46* and 20° - 55* 
north latitude, They extend from an elevation of 1000 feet up to 5000 
feet above see level* 
Proa cliffs of varying height*- at the seaside, this slope of the 
mountain rises on a ten to fifteen per cent grade until it reaches an 
altitude of four to five thousand feet, when by a much steeper grade it 
rises abruptly to the rim of the crater, 0OO0 to 10000 feet. 
Thin face of the Wikii is rut !gr innumerable gulches, r : , ia . 
23 ny plae-u 1 , uni he in their lower portions to fora fo^addahl- . s. 
Thus this face of the rotmiein presents a series of sloping ridges sepa¬ 
rated by gulches of varying depths. Some of these ridges have broad 
tops, while others ar® mors or loss sharp, dropping off abruptly into m 0 
gulch on either side* 
This slope of the mountain directly faces tba north east trade winds 
which prevail for at least ten months of the year* During this tire it 
in subject to heavy precipitation from the trade wind clouds* The annual 
rainfall varies in different tn rts of the area from 200 inches to 400 
inches. The velocity of the trade wind is usually between ten ant twenty 
milom per hour, but occasionally it reaches 55 miles per hour* The tea- _ 
peratnre Vi thin the area to be reforested is subject to very little vari© 
tion at any one elevation, and throughout the entire area the w.rissaS 
will not exceed 90° Fahrenheit, and the minimum will be not less than 45° 
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Fahrenheit * 
Until 1906 tMs* mro* was covered, by' © heavy growth of trees, ferns, 
