Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-03
FgRESIRY WORK
REPORTED ONTO
SUGAR PLANTERS

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ed in The report to the sugar planters
OF the committee on forestry, TeHrf
toriai Forester Ralph Hosmer says:s-
The main activities OF the terri
ltorial division Of forestry during the
past year have continued to be di-
rected toward the accomplishment OF
1.-THE two, principal objects for which
the division has stood during the
past decade-the better protection Of
the native Hawaiian forest and the
planting OF otherwise waste areas
with useful trees. .ss. g
-In June and again in October
blocks respectively Of three and OF
four new forest reserves were set
apart BY proclamation Of the COVER.
nor. Four Of these reserves are on
Hawaii; three on Oahu The total
combined area OF these seven reserves
lis l03,SI7 acres, Of which S6.104 acres
| Is government land. The number of
forest reserves in Hawaii IL now "a.
The total gross area Is 7S6 $50 acres,
OF which So per cent, 540,877 acres.
IL land belonging to thesg0yernment.
AS to tree planting. census COM
piled last year showed total Of l.
303 SOS trees set out during 1912 by
individuals and corporations, the lat
tar largely sugar plantation com.
naniea. This figure eelfpses All pre-.
vfous annual reeerds and sets 4 new
standard for this class Of work in
the territory.
Looking to the future perhaps the
matter Of greatest forest interest in
Hawai- IN 1919. was the passage byI
the 1egislature az 4 law fAct 81 81
the sessiop Laws az 1879 deyoting In
enual narts TO forest and to hydro
era nbie work. the proceeds from the
$500 and water r,e,ts on streams
conosre from the Hawaiian, Forests
,Tlha go, enactnent ~ tl,is law Is one re.
rrIf ~ s. camnafen az edncation that
6as hean waeed Nv the hoard of agri.l
|e,,ltnre ana foreefrv Hs fff1al nas-
Soc s.e,..', was iarcaiv hronrhf abouf .by the
sffo-ts - 3 .racia1 ioinf Committed
frrre fha Hawaiian Snrsr planfers.
Is -. sion sna the hoard AZ aericuI.
tpre and forestry. The act was signed
IN Anril 4. 1919
s,rhe money ayailable under Act
~ e allotfed. with the auuroval "a
an s. \, covernnr' ~ six months' insfall.
m rs ~ expenditure within these
u,,,sss. e dster1rined Nv fhe board of
, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. = 81 arrienltmrs and
ss,,es,-v ,rha sssentiaI Objects inl
, 81. =, e,e f5rst a. constrnctina I'D
fenca. alonu atrafrhae ~ foreef rs.
$500, hon,,Sariec whera II a neees.
800 ~ bex,a a,-fifIrfal harriera Ia
i,'cs,. u,rsE at ~ tho. .vpaode and aec-
49, tbs arsdicefian ~ wild aninals
rs 800, - eosts and I,rs. now a. laree
IS rertein II TIE reserves. Al COM
- nroerain hes been worked
n,,t zshich q heinrS n,,t into effect al
fset a. nractieable under the a1lof-l
,ee.ts snnrovsd ~ the. rovernor. So
fs,. o,,,v , nne a1lafment has been made
revor.i fencinr contranfs have re-
Gently been made. Work on the
fenccs a now m proRress,
aThraughoiIt the, territory are many
stretches where forest fences are re-
al,ired. some are wholly across gov
eminent land: some are on party
lines where government land Joins
tracts IN Zee simple. ownership. So
far as may be the first projects are
directed toward closing up gaps In
the line between sections already
fenced.
spy cooperating with the govern
menf IN the Joint building Of fences
and in continuing fences across fee
simple land. So as to close up any
openings that may still be left, the
individual plantation companies can
materially hasten the effective protee-
tion Of the forests on watersheds The
rnanlf will heDefit h0fh their own In
terests and in more general way
those Of the territory.
Zone Of the main advantages Of the