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''An investigation is now being made of the value of govern- 

 ment waters on Hawaii. This will be covered in a later report." 



At the request of the Governor of Hawaii special investigations 

 of the amounts of water diverted from various Territorial lands 

 under leases and licenses which will terminate within the next 

 three years have been made, and separate reports thereon have 

 been made, and separate reports thereon have been made to His 

 Excellency. These investigations included the following waters 

 diverted : 



Kauai. The waters diverted from the Waimea River drainage 

 area by the Kekaha and Waimea plantation power and irrigation 

 ditches, and from the North W'ailua, Kapaa, and Anahola drain- 

 age areas by ditches serving the Lihue Plantation Company and 

 the Makee Sugar Company. 



Maui. The waters diverted from the Territorial lands of Koo- 

 lau on East Maui by the four large ditch systems of the East Maui 

 Irrigation Co. 



Copies of all these reports have been submitted to you with the 

 regular monthly reports from this division. 



In addition to the reports furnished the Governor of Hawaii, 

 an investigation has been made of the water diverted from the 

 private lands in the Kailua valley, Oahu, to serve the Territorial 

 lands under lease by the Waimanalo Sugar Company. 



The following table shows the number of ditch measurement 

 stations from which records were obtained during the year : 



DITCH MEASUREMENT STATIONS. 



No. 



Island 



of Regular Gaging Stations t^j Measurements 



Kauai 



Oahu 



Maui 



Hawaii 



Total 34 7 7 34 41 



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Ditch Seepage Investigations. Ditch loss investigations were 

 made on Kauai and Oahu. The Kekaha ditch on Kauai showed a 

 loss of about 17 per cent, in the first eight miles of its length. 



