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Reports. According to the cooperative agreement made be- 

 tween the Territory and the United States Geological Survey, 

 the Survey undertakes the publishing in printed reports all data 

 and information secured in the Territory. These reports have in 

 the past covered calendar years and the data contained therein 

 have been published in the "cubic foot per second" rate of flow 

 unit, which is the mainland practice. An over abundance of 

 work at the Government Printing office at \\'^ashington. D. C., 

 has resulted, in the past, in the appearance of these reports from 

 one to two years after the end of the calendar year. 



In order that Hawaiian water users may have these annual 

 reports published in units of rates of flow with which they are 

 familiar, authority was secured under which all future Hawaiian 

 reports will use the rate flow unit of "million gallons per day," 

 instead of the "cubic foot per second" or "second-foot." 



As all Territorial funds available for this work are appro- 

 priated for periods ending June 30th, all future annual reports 

 will cover the local fiscal instead of the calendar year. 



A biennial report covering the period ending June 30, 1915, is 

 now practically complete and will be forwarded to the Washing- 

 ton Printing office in the near future. In order that water users 

 and others interested in these data, may not be inconvenienced 

 by the unavoidable delay in getting out the printed report, arrange- 

 ments have been made wdiereby blue print copies of data relative 

 to any locality will be mailed free of charge to those, requesting 

 the same. 



Respectfully submitted, 



G. K. Larrison, 

 Superintendent of Hydrography. 



