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supervision during construction, in order that the structure should be 

 properly built. In addition to the laborator}' building-, the insular 

 iiuthorities appropriated $1,500 for a residence for the chemist. This 

 was built b}" contract, but when turned over to the station was not 

 suitable for occupancy and it required an expenditure of several hun- 

 dred dollars to complete the work. In addition to these Iniildings, a 

 number of necessary repairs have been made, and 1,000 feet of 2-inch 

 pipe has been added to the water system of the station. The water 

 supply from the city was extended by substituting 960 feet of 3-inch 

 pipe for the same amount of 2-inch pipe on the central water main, 

 thus making it possible to get city water 50 feet higher on the station 

 grounds than before. A new^ 10,000-gallon tank for water suppl}' for 

 the residences was constructed and the one previousl}- built was moved 

 to a higher elevation, which results in an increased suppl}' of water. 



THE WATER PROBLEM. 



With the extension of the water pipe and the building of new tanks 

 some of the immediate necessities of the station are supplied, ))ut as 

 long as the station must depend on the Honolulu city water for irri- 

 gating purposes the supply will be inadequate to our needs. The 

 tanks which have been depended upon for water supplies for the resi- 

 dences furnish only an amount sufficient for domestic purposes and 

 offer little or no protection from fire. At present the buildings are 

 without fire protection, as they are at a considerable distance from the 

 Honolulu fire service. In order to meet the necessity for a more cer- 

 tain supply for irrigation purposes as well as to provide fire protec- 

 tion, a number of alternative plans have been drawn which contemplate 

 the impounding in some way of the water at the higher level of the sta- 

 tion grounds and conducting it to the lower lying tracts. At an ele- 

 vation of 1,375 feet, on the upper part of the station grounds, there is 

 a rainfall of more than 100 inches annually, while at the lower part of 

 the station grounds, at a 100-foot level, the rainfall is only about 30 

 inches. It is believed that the abundant rainfall at the higher eleva- 

 tion could be collected in some way and applied to the lower part of 

 the station, where it is impossible to carry on agricultural and horti- 

 cultural operations without a permanent and adequate water supply. 

 It is to be hoped that Congress will grant a special appropriation for 

 supplying the necessities of the station in this respect. 



FUNDS. 



The appropriation made bv Congress for the fiscal 3'ear 1905 was 

 $15,000. In addition to this, Territorial appropriations were made 

 amounting to $7,230, and the proceeds of sales of products of the sta- 

 tion amounted to $1,153.70, making the total income from all sources 



