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and maps are to be used by the Governor as exhibits at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, in the near future. The work will be completed 

 in November. 



Honolulu Water Coiiunission. 



This commission has obtained and copied during the month 

 numerous data filed in this office. 



New Construction. 



Kauai — Two of the three new stream measurement stations 

 being established on the three main branches of the Waimea 

 river, above all diversions, were completed and work on the third 

 station was about two-thirds completed. A serious accident oc- 

 curred on October 28, at this last station site, when a steel eye- 

 bolt made of one-inch diameter steel parted, and dropped D. E. 

 Horner, field assistant, and Shima Taniguchi, laborer, onto the 

 stream bed bowlders 18 feet below. Both men were badly bruised 

 and shaken up, but no bones were broken. Both were taken to 

 Waimea and both are convalescing. In compliance with the 

 Workmen's Compensation Act, the proper papers have been com- 

 pleted and forwarded to the proper authorities. 



Oahu — Three new reinforced concrete "controls" or broad 

 crested weirs were completed on the Koloa, Wailele, and Kaha- 

 wainui streams near Laie. These stations are maintained in 

 cooperation with the Laie Plantation Co. to determine the flood 

 discharge of these streams, in connection with a proposed flood 

 water storage project in the vicinity. 



79/5-/975 Biennial Report. 



The office and computation work progressed favorably and this 

 report is considered as 98 per cent, complete. Blue print data 

 for all islands will probably be available for distribution by De- 

 cember 31, 1915. 



Leave of Absence. 



G. K. Larrison, superintendent, was absent on leave October 

 15 to 19 as a National Guard officer in connection with the annual 

 U. S. Army maneuvers on Oahu. 



H. A. R. Austin, junior engineer, U. S. Geological Survey, 

 was absent on leave October 7 to 31, attending the annual con- 

 ference of engineers of the U. S. Geological Survey held at 

 San Francisco, October 15 to 25. 



Routine Maintenance and Operation Work. 



Kauai — W. V. Hardy, assistant engineer, and D. E. Horner, 

 field assistant, visited 15 stream and ditch and 16 rain measure- 



