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Division of Hydrography 



Honolulu. Hawaii, March 8, 1916. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Gentlemen: — The following report of operations of the Divi- 

 sion of Hydrography during February, 1916, is submitted : 



Weather Conditions. 



During the first week of the month abundant rains fell on 

 Kauai, Oahu, and part of East Maui. Elsewhere the precipi- 

 tation was light. During the remainder of the month the rain- 

 fall was very light and crops and vegetation are beginning to 

 show the effect of dry weather. The rainfall at the Nuuanu 

 Pali gap was less than four inches in February against 31.2 inches 

 in January. 



Construction Work. 



The construction work planned for the biennial period end- 

 ing June 30, 1917, was completed. Two new continuous record 

 stream measurement stations were completed during the month 

 on the Ukumehame and Lahainaluna streams on Maui, and the 

 channel cross sections of the three new stations on the main 

 branches of the Waimea stream on Kauai were cleared of 

 bowlders and debris deposited by the December and January 

 storms. 



Special Report. 



A special and confidential report relative to government water 

 valuation was furnished the Governor of Hawaii at his request. 



Police Work. 



W. V. Hardy, Assistant Engineer, in charge of the work on 

 Kauai reports under date of February 29, 1916 : 



"Our camp on the Koaie stream was visited one evening last 

 week by a courier who reported that a Japanese who was sup- 

 posed to be demented was roaming the hills near the W^aiahulu 

 Stream measurement station. The next morning at sunrise the 

 entire hydrographic force turned out, captured the Japanese, 

 turned him over to the proper authorities and were back at work 

 on the Koaie measurement station at 10:30 a. m. It is reported 

 that the man is improving and will probably recover." 



