The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-07-09

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The Executive Officer also reported
for DR.. Norgaard that all the material
for the quarantine station has been
purchased and that the building will
he finished and ready to turn over to
the Board within two weeks.
Forester Hosmer submitted full
report of this work. The report in
large part was as follows:
New Forest Reserves.
On June 9TH Governor Frear signed
proclamations creating four forest re-
serves of which mention was made in
my report for May, the Mauna Kea
Forest Reserve on Hawaii, the Waihou
Spring Forest Reserve on Maui, and
the Lihue-Koloa and Moloaa Forest Re-
serves on Kauai, altogether an area
of 101 GA acres of which SO per cent
is government land. There are now 90
forest reserves in Hawaii, with an ag
gregate total area of 545,764 acres, of
which 65 per cent or 357, 1S0 acres be-
longs to the Territory.
During the month progress has been
made in the matter of the setting apart
of additional forest lands in the Ko-
hala District of Hawaii. A map has
recently been completed by Mr.. S. NJ.
Kanakanui of the Survey office show.
ing boundaries of the section proposed
to be reserved and the areas of indi-
vidual lands therein. This map will
be of particular use in helping to af-
feet satisfactory settlement with the
owners of private land within the pro.
posed reserve.
Hon. H. L. Holstein, Speaker of the
Hnnoa Of Ponrac nj at 10 nj prasnnt
working on a plan of cooperation be-
tween the plantation and the ranch
owners in Kohala through which it is
hoped the desired reservation may be
affected Within comparatively short
time / hope to be able to report that
definite results have been accomplished.
Proposed LAUNDERING in Puma.
During the early part of the month
/ devoted considerable time to con-
ferences with the Committee on For
estry and with the Governor in regard
to the proposition to lumber the tract
of government land in the District Of
Puma, Island of Hawaii, situated mauka
of the Kaohe homesteads above Pahoa.
A report with recommendations on this
matter was submitted to the Board I'M
der the date of June LIST and acted on
at meeting of the Board held on
June 90.
From June 1926 I was away from
| Honolulu on trip to the Island of
Maui with the object of inspecting for.
est lands on Mt. Haleakala and arrans.
ing for tree planting on West Maui.
In company with Mr.. Louis Won Temp
sky, manager of the Haleakala Ranch,
/ visited and made thorough exam
nation of the open grass land above
the forest on the windward slopes of
the outside of the crater of Mt. Hale
akala on the privately owned lands of
Haiku and Kalialinu. There is some
question of opening this area as a pad
dock of the Haleakala Ranch, for which
purpose it is admirably adapted. But
owing to the steep slope and the rapid
erosion that would be likely to take place
were the area overstocked, the question
of holding this section as a forest re.
serve to be eventually got under a for.
est cover is one that should be seriously
considered. My object in visiting this
tract at this time was to be familiar
with the facts of the case should any
proposal be made looking to the ac.
| quirement of the area by the Govern.
ment.
During my stay on Maui made
careful inspection of the excellent
work in tree planting now being done
by the Waikiki Sugar Company under
the direction of its new manager, Mr..
H. P. Penhallow. I also made provis.
ional arrangements with Mr.. Louis
Weinzheimer, the new manager of the
Pioneer plantation, in regard to tree
planting about to be undertaken by
that company.
Work at the Government Nursery.
Mr.. Haughs reports that during the
past six months, January to June 80,
| 1909, trees have been distributed from
the Government Nursery, as follows:
Free Distribution, Forest Trees
Potted, 25U0; in transplant boxes,
/ 1860; in seed boxes, 3O00 Ornamental
-Potted, 100; total, 72l0.
Forest Trees, Sold-Potted, 1922; in
transplant boxes, $3.50; in seed boxes,
| $4,000. rnamental-Potted, $50; to-
tai, 49,252; grand total, 56,462.
Arrangements are being actively
made whereby a large number of for
est trees will be available for free dis
tribution for Arbor Day planting in
| November, 1909, from the Government
Nursery in Honolulu and especially
from a number of subnurseries and
distributing points that are being es-
tablshed in different parts of the Ter
ritory. A more definite statement in
regard to this matter will be made
next month but plans are already well
in hand for this work.
During the month labels giving the
botanical and common name and the
original locality have been attached
to all the trees in the Government
Nursery, making the garden of greater
interest to visitors and other persons
desiring to know about the local fora.
Experimental Garden, Makiki and Tan
talus Forest.
During the month satisfactory prog
ress has been made in getting the ex-
perimental garden at Makiki into
shape for planting. Much remains to
be done but several of the plots are
now practically ready for the final