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shipped to the coast. The campaign proved successful, but in a 

 short time more shipping space was available and the larger 

 number of bunches shipped to the coast left very few bananas for 

 the newly created demand in Honolulu. 



The retail meat and vegetable departments were discontinued 

 on November 30, 1917, with the permission of the Board of Agri- 

 culture and Forestry under whose jurisdiction the Division has 

 been operated during the past fiscal year. These departments 

 were losing money due to the uncertainty of supplies and on ac- 

 count of lack of equipment and poor location were not able to 

 carry on the business in a satisfactory^ manner. 



As the demand for seed purchased from the Special Seed Ap- 

 propriation of the Division was not as great as expected, a large 

 quantity was left on hand most of which has lost its vitality. A 

 quantity of this seed when fresh was turned over to the army 

 with the understanding that it should be paid for out of the 

 products of the post farm. 



Some of the pineapple crates purchased from the 1915 Re- 

 count will soon be closed, 

 volving Fund are still on hand, but it is expected that this ac- 



The purchase of a new truck greatly facilitated the delivery 

 of produce and the hauling to and from the wharves. 



The Marketing Demonstrators employed by the Division in co- 

 operation with the Territorial Food Commission have done 

 good work with the farmers on the different islands, but a great 

 part of their work has been devoted to planting and other work 

 for the Food Commission and not enough attention has been 

 given to marketing demonstrations. 



Due to the complicated bookkeeping system installed last July, 

 the Division has had considerable trouble in obtaining a book- 

 keeper who could keep the accounts straight and the auditing 

 bills have been out of. all proportion to the amount of business 

 done. If an arrangement could be made by which the Terri- 

 torial Auditor could audit the Division's books a great saving 

 would be made. 



At the special session of the Legislature early in 1918, pro- 

 vision was made to transfer the Division to a new Territorial 

 Marketing Commission to be appointed by the Governor, the 

 above transfer to take place on July 1, 1918. 



Mr. A. T. Longley, who has been in charg-e of the Division 

 for the last five years and under whose management the sales of 

 the Division have increased from a few thousand dollars a year 

 to over one hundred and seventy thousand dollars, has been 

 granted a leave of absence for the duration of the war to serve 

 in the army. He has been succeeded by Mr. O. B. Lightfoot. 



