The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-20
FRUIT PESTS MUST BE
KEPT OUT Of ISLANDS
Board of Agriculture Acts On Entomolosist
Craw's Recommendation Forest Re-
serve viii Continue Hamakua Tobacco
Experiment For Another Year.

Beard OF agriculture and Forestry TO
keep out Of the islands the importation
OF fruits which are known TO be infested
with pests. as wei as animals which
have the reputation Of prging upon
young and ripening fruits and other
products
This action was taken at meeting
OF the Board held Yesterday afternoon,
the recommendation being made by
Alexander Craw, the eminent entomolo-
gist, now attached TO the staff OF the
Board.
The Board also adopted the report Of
Superintendent OF Forestry Hosmer re-
lafive to the upper line OF the proposed
Ffilo forest reserve.
Superintendent OF Forestry Hosmer 5
report on the proposed upper boundary
OF the FIilo Forest Reserve was pre-
sented as follows
October 18th. 1884,
Committee on Forestry. Board OF Agri-
culture and Forestry, Honolulu
Gentlemen II have the honor 10 sub
nit herewith report, with Tecolprnen-
dations. on the upper boundary 81 t1se
proposed forest reserve II the Hllo Dis
trict, Island o[ Hawaii.
During the last week OF August /
made a careful examination OF the tip
per edge OF the forest from the 1881
lava flow TO the FIa1nal1ua boundary,
-. md
experimenting the information SO gain
ed by interviews with various persons
familiar with the locality, and the con-
ditions existing therein.
In this connection | would acknowl-
edge my obligation TO the managers OF
the several plantations IN the Hilo Dis
trict. 10 Mr.. A B. LoebeIlsfein CT EIlo,
and especially te Mr.. w. H. Shipmans
for information In regard 10 tins ques-
ton and Tor other assistance given
me.
The general reasons which underlie
the establishment OF the Hllo Forest
Reserve have already been discussed IN
my report ON the lower boundary. In
brief they are that this reserve Is needed
10 protect the water sheds OF the
streams throughout the district, on
which the piantationsn and 10 some ex-
tent the other industries, present and
prospective, along the coast. depend Tor
their most satisfactory development
This protection can be best afforded by
the setting apart OF the belt OF forest
along the slope OF MauTIa kra, which
receives the heavy rainfall and in which
the streams head. The object OF the re-
serve IS. TO prevent excessive rrn-oh.
eaualize the flow N the streams and
protect the slopes against erosion
Il was pointed ont IN my former re
port that the trade winds bring III q
bank OF moisture laden clouds, which
pile ND against the side of Mauna kea
between the elevations OF approximately
1000 and GOO feet From the evidence
available II appears that the precIpIta-
ton Is heaviest between the elevations
OF 1000 and 400 feet, and that from
the latter point up 70 an elevation OF
about 65oo feet there are only hgb1
rains and scattering showers. E1lgf1eT
Than this on the slope and IN the saddle
between Mama Loa and A1auna hea.
the trade winds die out, mncn as they
do IN Kan. just beyond the Volcano
House. The point Is somewhere be
tween Putt % and kalaleha-the latter
place seldom having rain from trade
wind clouds. while conversely, during
the times Of Kc1la winds, r1e rams thai
fall at Kalaiella do not reach Fuu 90.
On the main slope OF Aiauna kea
above approximately the 65oo loot level,
the rams are said 10 come PRINCIPALLY
with -lortheriy winds he storms are
usually short ones but precipitation IS
very heavy while i lasts, rapidly hlilng
the ordinarily dry stream beds 50 that
the lords become impossible When the
ram Is over however. the streams fall
Iust as quickly, the water rushing down
the mountain and swelling the volume
OF the permanent stream below When
more rainfall and streau-1ow records
come 10 be kept Il VIII be Interesting 70
see how much the lower parts OF TIE
streams are influenced by these sudden.
down pouTs far ND or the mountain
Under exiHing conditions little can
be done 10 regulate the flow OF the tor
rents resulting from the storms just
described The open rlaulani forest
now growing on the Steep. upper slopes
has no appreciate effect on the Tun-0f,
while the establishment OF Z cover Of
vegetation sufficiently dense 70 make
any material difference II the discharge
OF the streams y practically ont OF the
question ne chief interest n water
conservation thus centers IN the lower
forest
The upper line OF permanent running
water III the streams seems 10 be near
the upper edge OF the belt OF heavy pre-
cipitatlon. although the dense forest
above must exercise considerable M
fiuence in absorbing the light ram and
helping 10 feed the springs from which
the upper brooks come
The dense forest now extends mp 10
an elevation OF little over GOO feet.
r - -.
ing trees With them are associated
kolea, pilo, olapa, nalo. and some other
trees OF minor importance. and the
dense mass OF ferns. bTacken, and other
underground characteristic OF the Ha-
waiian forest
Between the upper edge OF the dense
forest and the boundary OF the land CT
Ff1irpuula there Is. on the lands from
Piihonua 70 H0noilinu. strip OF land
on WHICH the forest has been wholly CT
n part DESTROYED. through IRE grazing.
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