The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-25

a. S. Hosmer. Territorial Forester
being present was called on for any
remarks he might be willing to make
In response he read a report on hi:
trip to Hawaii, which was made tc 8
great extent in company with Gov
i ernor Carter and party. The report
was accepted and placed on file, being
as follows:
Honolulu. T. h, Feb. "A, 1904.
To the Board of Commissioners of Ag-
ricuIture and Forestry, Honolulu
T. H.
+ Gentlemen: I have the honor to sub
NIT a report upon my recent trip to
the Island of Hawaii.
+ Arriving in Honolulu on the 18th of
January / met some of the members
of the Board informally on the follow
| ing day. Early the next week the OPP
portunity presented itself of visiting
/ the Island of Hawaii in company with
| Mr.. A. w. Carter. In the judgment
Of the Committee on Forestry this was
a very favorable chance for me to
attack the problems presented in the
districts of Kohala and Hamakua.
The gentlemen of this committee there
! fore suggested that go over to Ha-
wall without waiting to formally re-
port to the Board. I accordingly sail
! ed for Hawaii on the Kinau leaving
on the 18th of January. Before land
| ing in Kohala I was invited by Gov
ernor Carter to become a member of
his party during the time that he was
in the Kohala and Hamakua districts.
| This invitation was later extended to
cover his whole tour around the island.
After consultation with Mr.. Cartgs I
modified my plan and accompanied
! Governor Carter as member of his am
mediate party, entirely around thes is
land. q
From the nature of the tour made
by Governor Carter, it was, of coyAse,
impossible to do detailed work in any
one locality, but an exceptional oppor-
tunity was afforded me to gain a
knowledge of where the forests on the
Island of Hawaii are. of what trees
they are principally composed. and
what the problems are, which are pre-
sented in each locality.
Landing at Mahukona, we made an
almost complete circuit of the island,
taking the boat again at Kawaihae.
Several days We're spent in the Kohala
district where with headquarters at
Senator Palmer Woods, we visited the
forest land above the Kohala planta-
tions, saw something of the region
lying between Punaluu and Waipio
gulches, as well as a portion of the Ko-
hala mountain. Several days were
spent at Waimea from which base a
circuit of Mauna R.ea was made, giving
US the opportunity of seeing the ma
mani forest on the Parker ranch and
h. Ion Of IN
get a general idea of the Piihonua
tract, and, on the north side of the
mountain, something of the forest lying
above the cane land of Hamakua
From Waimea the party travelled along
the coast to Hilo, making a number
of side trips into the forest at various
points. One of these was to Waipio
guIch, another to the homestead near
Honokaa, and another to the home
stead above Hakalau. The week spent
in Hilo was devoted in part to side
trips to the homestead lands of Kali
wiki, Kaumana and Olaa. Another
day we visited the Puma district, seeing
considerable forest en- route. Leaving
Hilo, the party visited Puma district,
going to Kalapana and from there
across country to the Volcano House.
From the Volcano House we went to
Kapapala ranch, where the intention
was to spend a couple of days in a
careful examination of the forest land
which the Hawaiian Sugar Company
has reserved under fence for the last |
seven years. Extremely rainy wealth |
er prevented US from making as ex- |
tended trip to this reserve as had |
been planned, but we saw enough to |
get very good general idea of what |
had been done and of the great benefit |
which had resulted to the adjacent /
lands from the establishment of this
reserve. Continuing northward from
we followed the lower edge
of the forest through the districts of !
Kau and Kona, making several excur%
sions into the forest land From Mr..
ranch we made the ascent 7
of Mt. Hualalai, getting an excellent
idea from that peak of the extent of
the forest through Kona as well as on
the slopes of Mauna Loa and Mauna
kea, and the intervening plains. The
day the party visited Puwa-
awaa from which hill We got another
fine view of the adjacent country,
seeing in some detail some of the same
forests which we had seen from Hua-
alai. From Puwaawaa We rode down
across the lava flows and along the
shore to Kawaihae, where We took the
E<inau. arriving in Honolulu, on Sat
Irday last.
I am particularly glad to have had
his opportunity to visit the Island of
Haw wall. because I feel that having
made this reconnaissance trip. 1 have
. much better idea of the location and
,xtent of the forests on this important
sland together with much clearer
dea of the forest problems which have
o be solved, than I could have got in
any other way. During the trip I
vas enabled to meet practically all the
gentlemen who represent the important
industries on Hawaii: the plantation
mana gers. the cattlemen. and those
gentlemen having in charge the various
diversified industries. which are being