The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-10-02

| agricultural land pn piliunua between
| lhe iSst How and the Mailutu fiycf
| which Under certain conditions could
be opened io settlement without drtfi.
| fncni ~ the reserve This IL q question
| fpf future study ~ present the sec
| tion is uncSplofrd No trails penetrate
the forest and is outer edge only is
accessible.
Should the projected road from Hlo.
known as the One County Road" be
built, the area IN question would be
brought into touch with markets, II IL
were then found that land suitable for
agriculture existed. and that II could be
opened for settlement without cndangcr-
ing the sources OF the Wailuku. | should
he IN favor OF SO doing. But until there
IS more dchnitc prospect OF the road
| being built ! believe the laud is better
in forest reserve | therefore recon-
| mend that the southern boundary OF the
| lilo Forest Reserve be the lava flow OF
| 1855.
IT the recommendation in this report
are approved by the Board | suggest
| that the Governor be requested to set
| aside as soon as practicable. all the Gov
ernmcnt land not now under lease with
in the limits of the Hilo Forest Re-
serve. | further suggest that the Board
make known its willingness to consider
propositions looking to the turning over
to the Government, under the terms of
Act ~ OF the Session of 1908, OF pri-
vately owned lands within this reserve.
Very respectfully.
RALPH S. HOSMER,
Superintendent of Forestry.
Mr.. Hosmer also reported that Mr.
Gliding of Hawaii was anxious that
something be done in the matter of de.
fning the boundary for forest reserve
i'll Kohala in the vicinity of the pro-
posed Kohala ditch. Mr.. Gliding rec
commended last May that certain gulches,
except land in Laupahoehoe belonging
| to the Booth estate, be set aside for
forest reserve. This land is practically
| unexplored.
Mr.. Thurston suggested that the
board approve of the suggestion and
refer it TO Mr. Hosmer for report
with recommendations.
The following resolution was then
passed on presentation by Mr.. Thurs
ton:
Resolved, That the upper line of the
llilo forest reserve as recommended by
the Committee on Forestry, based on
the report of the Superintendent of
Forestry this day presented to the
board. be approved. and that the Supern-
tendent of Forestry be instructed to
proceed to secure the preparation of a
map and metes and bounds to be en-
bodied in description of the Hilo
Forest Reserve in accordance herewith.
KAUAI RESERVE MATTER.
Mr. Hosmer reported that the Kauai
reserve matter was progressing. w.
o. Smith, attorney for Mr.. Wilcox is
preparing a release or surrender of GER
tain lands desired by the Board for re-
serve purposes. A map of the proposed
reserve lines will probably be ready
next week.
CITIZEN LABOR ONLY.
In his weekly report of incidental
matters occurring about the department
nursery, Mr.. Hosmer reported that all
Japanese laborers have been turned
away from work and Portuguese labor
ers substituted with good results. He
recommended that prison labor be Sc
cured for a while to assist i'll laying new
lawns, etc.
BISHOP ESTATE TO AID.
+. S. Dodge, agent of the Bishop Es-
tate, was present at the meeting. He
stated that he had had several conver-
sations with Mr.. Hosmer on the sub
ject of the Hilo forest reserve. He
was not prepared yet to make any
statement as to what action the Estate
would take with reference to its lands
involved in he proposed Hilo reserve,
ha nd irI nf
the maps were prepared. He said, how
ever, that the estate would cooperate
with the Board, but wanted a definite
line established before they would say
what they would do.
PINEAPPLE PEST.
Mr.. Dole of Wahiawa spoke of reso-
luton passed by the Board about year
ago relative to sending an entomologlst
to Wahiawa to investigate the insect
which is bothering pineapples. He un-
derstood that the entomologists We're
very busy but hoped that time would
be found to have one sent to Wahiawa
as the need Of expert investigation wab
necessary.
Entomologist Craw stated that the
staff was extremely busy but he hoped
to be able to go there in "A few weeks.
HAMAKUA TOBACCO.
Director Jared Smith of the United
States Experiment Station placed on
exhibition before the Board some fine
of Sumatra and Havana to-
bacco grown in Hamakua, Hawaii The !
samples were passed around and We're
pronounced by the connoisseurs of the |,
Board to be of excellent flavor The |
was raised on about an acre !
and quarter of ground under the di-
rectlon of the u. S. Experiment Station !
and personally attended to by Mr.. Bla-
COW. This Is the result of an appro-
priation made by the last Legislature to |
experiment In tobacco culture. a por- |
tion of this money was set aside TO aid |
In the culture under the direction of |
Jared Smith.
Mr.. Smith reported that about 10000 |
caves, or about 1900 pounds, was the
result Of the first crop, The Board APP
proved Of the experiment thus far by
'oting TO continue II another year. Mr..
smith Is arranging 10 have the tobacco
'ured. This operation VIII take about
IiN weeks time. lie thought ID best