The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-29
EX.GOV. CARTER REVIEWS
HIS ADMINISTRATION

the loss to the sugar planters OF the
Territory from the cane leaf hopper
has been reduced from $3,o0O,oOU TO
practically nothing The work OF the
department in preventing the introdue-
ton of injurious pests is also spoken OF
at length.
ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
The work of the bureau of animal
industry is outlined at considerable
length. The striking discovery of Or.
NoTgaard that the deficiency OF lime
salts in our soil is responsible for the
failure of livestock here under ordinary
circumstances to attain the normal size
of it's variety is spoken of and the
practical means OF overcoming 1t is set
out at length.
FORESTRY.
Concerning the work of the Forestry
Division he speaks with much enthu-
siasm The grand total OF area recon-
mepded to be reserved for forest IS
| 3o7 1877 acres of which 252,S1S acres is
government land and 144 1909 acres are
privately owned land.
THE LANAI DEAL.
Concerning the public lands and his
| poIicv regarding them he says:
| ..There are now surveyed and avail
able for settlement "a, 119 acres OF land
of an average appraised value OF $3.50
per acre. These lands may be classlhed
as follows: Good agricultural land, H.
6lS acres on all six of the islands,
| available for sugar cane, plneapples,
sisal. and rubber; grazing-iand purposes
6752 acres; suburban lots in the nelgn-
borhood of Honolulu, ia acres; waste
land, 1884 acres.
: nDuring the wear 5472 acres have
been disposed of to settlers and others,
at an average price of $21.f9 per acre;
| Under the right of purchase, lease, ana
cash freehold systems of taking up iahu
1900 acres have been allotted, valued al
S45. 1914, or an average OF S9.2l pei
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 suceessful
and continue to live on them.
EsOf the lands not yet available Iol
: settlement 1882 acres have peer
leased at a rental of $17 PSI, or 50 cents
per acre A large proportion OF TINS
| is used simply for grazing purposes.
oThe entire cost of the admlnlstra-
tion of the public lands was but $40,
i
interest amounted to $116,6SS.49, ex
ceeding that of last year by only SILL
The sales of public lands increased con
; eidarabIv as il was considered advlsa
: HE to DISPOSE of certain lands where
: nuhlic and private ownership conflict
ed with their best use. The proceeds
which were used for the reduction 0.
the public debt, amounted to $l4S,o4o
: Zone large exchange was made II
: furtherance of this policy. On the is
: land of Lanai small strips of land II
public and private ownership, Their
being 4S.640 acres of government LAM
5 scattered over the whole area of 50,
5 960 acres. This island has been rapid,
> reverting into barren waste. Unde
e the longtime leasehold system hereto
: fore in vogue the persons in possesslol
I felt justified in abstracting all the.
: could from the land.
e ssThe whole island was used as
}, sheep ranch, and under the land law:
e if any portion were cultivated, 1t coul
: only be leased for five. years. TN
: practically prohibited the leasing of tn
S lands for agriculture, as tropical crop
It do not mature for a long time-in som
e instances four years or more. Nor coul
|. more than 1000 acres be sold at publ
!. auction. Rather than see the land cor
time to deteriOrate, the administrator
: determined to dispose of it, If poss
>. BILE. and acquire valuable and deslrs
bile property in Honolulu needed fe
= educational purposes Thus an exchang
- was finally effected thought to be dt
sirable on the part of the Terrltor
from every point of view. However,
taxpaver. without direct interest, oil
is iected, an injunction was, granted, an
rs upon being dissolved by the supren
l. court of the Territory the exchanG
s, was contaminated. An appeal has sine
E. been taken to the Federal Supren
m Court, and no actual development
n, the island can be expected until tn
g. matter is disposed of.
is SURVEY DEPARTMENT.
20 Regarding the Survey Departmer
v Governor Carter says:
"a although the principal work of Il
10 department has been the mapping
&c the public lands that are becomil
i available through the expiration
long-term leases, and their subdivisi'
into homestead lots, considerable wo
has been done in running out t
:, boundaries of forest reserves, in pla
80 ing substantial monuments at all il
portant points, and in the systemat
iii surveying, marking and mapping
10 all school lots in the Territory.
Mt He follows this up with somewh
X detailed statement of the actual wo
ed done. the tracts surveyed and subt
e. vided, the boundaries run and t
D. maps made, subdividing the matt
er by islands and districts. Concernf
re the sale of the so-calied remnant
Of of land at Waianae. he says:
.er "The proposed sale of portion
gn Waianae-kai made it necessary to ha
an maps giving areas of the cane, pastu
n and waste lands, and other data.
n the Waianae Company have a co
plete detail map of this section.
ms that was necessary for this departing
ST. to do was to check the work.
e land extends from a line parallel
III and fifty feet mauka of the fiume,
-uo the Oahu Railway & Land Co.'s ris
~ of way, and has a total area of !
III acres. Grants and. kuleanas took
~ 232 acres. leaving a balance of
-, acres of government land. Out
IN this, 17I65 acres is reserved to