The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-01-19

'''.NssHE.HHlN NNH'NN - $50
,ht reserve Danleulnf Attention 80
t.A tn etfIual fom she reserve ~
Iata nehilt 90 ~ rlasssd ~ hafirui.
nfal consequently ihs area included
within iht f,ssfts boundary mhY ~
ssia.y slated o. tslqe exclusively nnl
suitable only f0f forrest
a. D. further stated that n is thc
Intention ~ "a. Superintendent ~ tof-
ssiry 10 later recommend the extcn.
slon 81 the KealiA Reserve 10 rpnn'
Nith and include, although under ans
other name. the private forest reserve
which has been maintained fut a .4-iti-
her o. years by the IAhue Plantation
Company.
HoNUAULA
In his report on the land Of Honuaula
MIR. Hosmer traces the history Of IN,
present lease held by Messrs Hen
iIques and Comes OF North Kona. II
seems that the land was leased 20
these men during the latter part ~
Governor Doie's administration. Upon
the organization OF the Division OF
| Forestry It came TO the attention of
| the superintendent that Honuaula con-
tained a valuable koa forest The
| DOAIu lntTtUInn Alltu W AtA
i the cancellation OF the lease which
had not then taken effect. II being
found impossible to do this the SUI
perintendent OF Forestry entered into
negotiations with Messrs. Henriques
and Comes and with the Land Conn
missioner, whereby an arrangement,
after several false starts, has finally
been arrived at whereby the lessees
| n n
pro rata reduction in the rental. an
area of about 1900 acres containing the
best part Of the Koa forest. This area,
or large portion of it. will now be
declared forest reserve. Mr.. Hosmer
states that the forest in question is
one OF the best stands of large-sized
koa on any Government land in the
Territory. The building of about two
miles of forest fence is necessitated
by the fact that the present lessees
made this one of the provisions of the
surrender of the land. But this. like
several other features in connection
with the Honuaula reserve, is OUT or
the regular course and IL only done
because this matter came over froi.. Il
former administration.
Both the Kealia and the Honuaula
the Governor, that public hearing
may be held at which opportunity may
be had by anyone who so desires to
present evidence for or against their
creation as reserves.
WEEKLY REPORTS OF THE DIvl-
SION OF FORESTRY.
Mr.. Hosmer then read the report of
the Division of Forestry for the past
three weeks. He said in part:
Delegate Kalanianaole has sent to
this office for free distribution his
quota of the 1904 Yearbook of the U. $
Department of Agriculture-an Illus
trated bound volume of re pages.
While the supply lasts this book will
be sent free, upon request.
"A limited number of copies of the
1903 Yearbook of which the Delegate
last year sent a larger quota than
of the 1904, still remain on hand and
will be supplied on request.
Applications for seed or yearbooks
should be addressed to Mailing Clerk,
Box 331, Honolulu, Oahu.
Among the recent accessions of the
, library should be mentioned several
valuable departmental reports from
Washington as well as interesting
OF lne current
regularly received. 1 am glad to re-
port that OF late more people seem &c
be taking advantage of the opportuni'
= ties for reference offered by the H.
) brary."
| VARIOUS REPORTS.
Mr. Carter stated that on Saturday
last DIR. V. A. Norgaard returned
from Hawaii and asked permission tc
go to Molokai this week, which per-
mission the Committee on Animal In
dustry granted. He expects to return
. on Saturday and go over to Maui or
: Tuesday next to make inspections OF
certain animals there.
The Superintendent of Entomology
4 Mr.. Alexander Craw, read his weekly
q report.
On motion of Mr.. Carter, Gerrit p
Wilder was appointed a member of thu
Agricultural Committee in place o
James d. Dole, Mr.. Wilder's prede
cessor as a member of the board.
A report from Jared G. Smith upol
the results of the seasons work a
, the tobacco sub-station in Hamakua
prepared for the annual report of tin
board, was read and accepted. Thi
e report will appear in the second annua
report of the board, now in prepare
ton.