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Show 100.000 acres of land, now practically useless, may bo reclaimed, and says that on this basis it would be possible to furnish 5.000 farmB or 20 acres each, which would provide for a population popu-lation of about 20,000 persons. .He therefore recommends a systematic examination of the water resources ot the iBlands and the preparation or a j contour map. MUCH LAND IN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS CAN BE RECLAIMED Washington. March 25. Giving the results of observations made Jn a re-tent re-tent visit to the Hawaiian islands, Director .Newell of tho reclamation service, spealts at length or the pos- : siblllties of the reclamation or lands there suitable for homestead pur- ' poses. He finds that as a rule the ' sugar companies are irrigating most of the cane lands, but thinks "that there are considerable tracts or other lands as well adapted to sugar cane which will have a great value when water Is brought to them and tney j are intelligently cultivated. ,1 He thinks it probablo that over |