Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-12-01
FOR HAMAKUA FORESTS
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
RECOMMENDS RERERyE
HosMER's REPORT ADOPTED BY
RESOLUTION - GOVERNOR is
ASKED TO SET APART
CERTAIN DOMAINS.

Forester Hosmer submitted the fol.
lowing report at the meeting Of tho
Board of Agriculture and Forestry yes.
terday afternoon:
Gentlemen:-I have the honor to sub.
Nit the following report on the pro-
poed forest reserve at the extreme
northwestern end of the District OF Ha.
makua. Island of Hawaii. consisting of
the section of steep. pail country, he
tween the gulches of Honokane and
Waipo.
Under the date of April 3, 1908. Mr..
j.. Il. Oldlng. the local consulting for.
ester reported to the Board as fol.
lows: AS forestry agent for the Dis
trict of Kohala, beg to submit the
following lands as reserves: all govern
ment lands lying between Honokane
and Waipio valleys (from the headwat.
ers to the seal as well as government
land known as Puukapu, and also all
that portion of Kawaihae /, lying he.
tween Puupili and Waimanu, on eXpira.
ton of the present leases to Parker Es.
tate"
| Upon a request from Mr.. Thurston
Tor more definite information, as to
metes and bounds, Mr.. Gliding replied.
Oh May Sth, 1903: AS suggested en-.
close herewith tracing from Govern.
ment may showing forest lands to
windward of Kohala District. which all
parties here are willing and DESTROYS
to have reserved, proposed reserve Is
shown aud included within red lines
land Is bounded as follows: On the
west by the Awini Ranch and Bishop
Estate lands. on the south by the Iia.
makua boundary line, or lands of Pun.
liapu and Bishop Estate land, on the
east by the Bishop Estate lands of Wal.
pic, on the north by the sea. Land
known as Laupahoehoe owned by the
Booth Estate Is not included.
AS this Is in the heart of the forests
of Hawaii and Joins other government
lands it can be added to from time to
time as government and private parties
Idesire. 1t Is in great measure pro
Itccted from cattle at the present time
and should not cost the government
lmuCh for fencing.
No settlement has been reached with
regard to lands known as PuuEapu and
,Kawaihae |. so these lands are rot In.
l,Imded at this time in propo.cG 70
serve"
While | have not personally exploit.
ed the area in question: task ren.
ldcred almost impossible from the ia.
ture of the country have carefully
considered the question of making this
section, with other adjoining lands, a
forest reserve. This | believe should
b, done, for the following reasons:
The chief value which this section
now has, 0r'so far AS can be foresccn
H. likely to have, Is on account OF The
streams which head therein, ana which
can be utilized for irrigating the Gd.
joining agricultural lands, and in the
development of power.
To insure the protection of the wat
er-sheds of these streams, so that as
much as possible of the water falling
upon the area be made available for
use, II Is desirable that the lands be set
apart as a forest reserve.
The creation of the forest reserve
would in no way hamper the develop
ment of water and power, on the con
trary 1t is primarily to maintain and
insure this use of the streams that the
deserve Is proposed to be set apart.
At the present time there is little OF
nc objection to the creation of this re-
serve; there is, with the exception OF
certain areas In the Waimanu Gulch-
le&cluded in these recommendation
10 agricultural land; nor from the ma
ture of the country Is 1t region which
could he so developed
There are several private owne,
lands adjoining the proposed rcserv,
which should he included therein, ant
which the owners thereof are willin,
to turn over as a part OF the forest re
serve, IT, the Government will set apar
It's lands.
| therefore recommend that tn
Board request the Governor to Sc
apart, after the public hearing proyid
ed by law, the government land de
sCribed below, as "a forest reserve; an
further suggest that negotiations b
entered into with the owners of Tia
adjoining lands, with the exception u
those under cultivation in the Waimi
nu gulch, with view of extending tn
reserve to include them also.
The following description of the pre-
posed forest reserve, in the district q
liamakua, Island of Hawaii, furnishe
by the Survey Office, with map OF tn
same, is now on file In my ofhceG
beginning at the mouth of the liz
nokaa gulch by the sea, being tn
boundary of the lands of Awini an
IlonoIlaa, in the districts of Kohala an
fiamalSua, respectively, run thence u
the center of lIonokaa gulch, and alon
Awini hOmcstcads to the land OF II,
nOkane; thence along said land Of II,
nokane in southerly direction to II
junction with the lands of Kawaiha
LIST and Puukapu; thence in an easterl
direction along the land of Puukap
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