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S. S. Makura, Sydney: 1 dog, Mr. Gill. 



S. S. President, San Francisco : 1 ct. chickens, \\'. F. X. 

 Company. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Leonard N. Case. 

 Assistant Territorial Veterinarian. 



Marketing Division 



Honolulu, January 15, 1918. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, 

 T. H. 



Gentlemen : I have the honor to submit below the report of 

 the superintendent of the Marketing Division for the month end- 

 ing December 31, 1917. 



More consignments were received during the month of De- 

 cember than during the previous month, but due to the scarcity 

 of beef anjji the closing of the retail departments, the total sales 

 were less. Large shipments of Maui beans were received during 

 the month but only a few sacks have been sold in Honolulu, as 

 the dealers claim that they have no call for them. Shipments to 

 the Coast were delayed at the request of Mr. J. F. Child, who 

 assured us that the local dealers could handle the whole crop. 

 A fair offer has been made by a representative of a California 

 canning company, for from two to four thousand sacks and, 

 unless as good an ofifer is received from local dealers, the beans 

 will be shipped as soon as they can be gotten together and 

 steamer space can be secured. 



The condition of the beef market has been bad during the 

 month. Shipments of cattle and island dressed beef have been 

 small and uncertain. Dressed beef from California can not al- 

 ways be gotten on account of the limited cold storage space. 



Bananas and sweet potatoes are very plentiful now and the 

 growers of these products are losing large sums of money 

 through not being able to sell their crop. A regulation by the 

 Federal Food Commission requiring dealers to sell as many 

 sweet potatoes as Irish potatoes until the crop is disposed of 

 would put an end to the trouble. I would request that, if the 

 Board is of the same opinion, they so inform the Federal Food 

 Commission. 



The $500 balance due on the $3000 note to the Bank of Hawaii 

 was paid December 31. From now on the Division should have 

 about $500 to place to the credit of surplus. Part of the surplus 

 could be used to replace the two trucks now in use at the Division. 



