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Marketing Division 



Honolulu, April 1st, 1918. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, T. H. | 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit the following report of 

 the Territorial Marketing Division for the month of March, 

 1918: 



The sales for the month amounted to $13,121.45, which is 

 $6826.80 less than the sales for the previous month, but this is 

 to be expected as we received very few large consignments dur- 

 ing the month. Most of the consignments received consisted of 

 pumpkins, bananas and cabbage. 



The bean crop is about cleaned up and there will be very few 

 large consignments received until the corn crop is harvested. 

 Large areas of land have been planted to corn, and if the weather 

 is favorable there will be an exceptionally large crop. A good 

 portion of this will be made into corn meal for the local market. 



Very few sweet potatoes were received during the past month, 

 causing the price to advance to $1.75 a hundred pounds. This 

 price will not remain long as sweet potatoes will be plentiful in 

 about four to five weeks. 



Mr. C. C. Conradt, of Molokai, has written us that he will 

 have about one thousand bags for the market during the next 

 three months, which he intends to ship to the Division. These 

 potatoes are starting to come in now, in twenty-five sack ship- 

 ments, and we find them exceptionally good, being of the INladera 

 variety and well graded. 



The Reo truck purchased during the month has been a great 

 help to the Division. We have been able to make prompt deliv- 

 eries, and it has not been necessary for us to hire outside trucks. 



The financial statement and trial balance for March is enclosed 

 herewith. 



Respectfully, 



O. B. LiGHTFOOT, 



Acting Superintendent. 



