The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-11-29

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and Forestry is dwelt on at eonsidera
bic length. One of the most strikin
things, he says, is that 'in three year
the loss to the sugar planters of tn
Territory from the cane leaf hopper
has been reduced from 100000 T.
practically nothing The work of tn
department in preventing the introduc
ton of injurious pests is also spoken o
at length.
| ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
The work of the bureau of anima
industry is outlined at considerable
length. The striking discovery of DR.
Norgaard that the deficiency of him,
salts in our soil is responsible for tn,
failure of livestock here under ordinary
circumstances to attain the normal SIZE
of its variety. is spoken of and the
practical means of overcoming it is sci
out at length.
FORESTRY.
Concerning the work of the Forestry
Division he speaks with much enthu-
siasm. The grand total of area recon-
mended to be reserved for forest is
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government land and IA, 309 acres are
privately owned land.
THE LANAI DEAL.
Concerning the public lands and his
policy regarding them he says:
There are now surveyed and avail
able for settlement "a, 119 acres of land
of an average appraised value of $685.
per acre. These lands may be classified
as follows: Good agricultural land, H.
61S acres on all six of the islands,
available for sugar cane, pineapples,
sisal, and rubber; grazing land purposes,
6752 acres; suburban lots in the neigh
borhood of Honolulu, ia acres; waste
land, 1884 acres.
During the year 5472 acres have
been disposed of to settlers and others,
at an average price of $27.79 per acre.
Under the right of purchase, lease, and
cash freehold systems of taking up land
1900 acres have been allotted, valued at
$45, 1914, or an average of 1921 per
acre. This settlement of the lands just
about equals that OF the previous year,
and it is hoped that in every case those
taking these lands will be successful
and continue to live on them.
''Of the lands not yet available for
settlement 1882 acres have been
leased at rental of ST. PSI, or 5S cents
per acre. A large proportion of this
is used simply for grazing purposes.
"The entire cost of the adhinistra-
tion of the public lands was but $780,
SSS.67. The revenue from rentals and
interest amounted to $116,688.49, ex-
ceeding that of last year by only $9.11.
The sales of public lands increased con-
siderably, as it was considered advisa-
bic to dispose of certain lands where
public and private ownership conflict
ed with their best use. The proceeds,
which were used for the reduction of
the public debt, amounted to $14S, 845.
Zone large exchange was made in
furtherance of this policy. On the is
land of Lanai small strips of land in
public and private ownership, there
being 1850 acres of government l3nd
scattered over the whole area of 49,
$50 acres. This island has been rapidly |
reverting into barren waste. Under |
the long time leasehold system hereto |
fore in vogue the persons in possession
felt justified in abstracting all they
could from the land.
"The whole island was used as a |
sheep ranch, and under the land laws |
if any portion were cultivated, it could |
only be leased for five years. This
practically prohibited the leasing of the
lands for agriculture, as tropical crops
do not mature for long time-in some
instances four years or more Nor could |
more than 1000 acres be sold at public |
auction. Rather than see the land con-
time to deteriorate, the administration
to dispose of it, if posi-
BILE, and acquire valuable and desira-
BILE property. in Honolulu needed for
purposes. Thus an exchange
was finally effected thought to be de-
sirable on the part of the Territory
from every point of view. However, |
taxpayer, without direct interest, OBJ
jected, an injunction was granted, and
upon being dissolved by the supreme
court of the Territory the exchange |
was eonsummated. An appeal has since
been taken to the Federal Supreme
Court, and no actual development of
the island can be expected until this
matter is disposed of. .
SURVEY DEPARTMENT.
Regarding the Survey Department, |
Governor Carter says:
Although the principal work of the |
department has been the mapping of !
the public lands that are becoming !
available through the expiration of
ongterm leases. and their subdivision
into homestead lots, considerable work
has been done in running out the
of forest reserves, in plac-
ing substantial monuments at all i'm
portant points, and in the systematic
marking and mapping of
Ill school lots in the Territory
He follows this up with some what
detailed statement of the actual work
lone, the tracts surveyed and subdi-
vided, the boundaries run and the
maps made, subdividing the matter
~ islands and districts Concerning
he sale of the so-called remnants
If land at Waianae. he says:
s'The proposed sale of a portion of
made it necessary to have
maps giving areas of the cane, pasture,
Ind waste lands, and other data. AS
he Waianae Company have COM
jlete detail map of this section, all
hat was necessary for this department
o do was to check the work. The
and extends from a line parallel to
md fifty feet mauka of the flume, to