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total remaining infection may be conservatively estimated as be- 

 low two per cent, and the ultimate eradication may be considered 

 assured before long. 



Victor A. Norgaard, 

 Territorial Veterinarian. 

 Honolulu, Hawaii, July 3, 1916. 



REPORT OF THE 



Division of Hydrography 



FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1916. 



The following report of operations of the Division of Hydrog- 

 raphy is submitted : 



Scope of Work. 



In addition to the general investigation of all surface water 

 resources of the Territory, including privately owned as well as 

 water resources owned by the Territory, which has been carried 

 on in cooperation with the U. S. Geological Survey as in the 

 past, the last fiscal year has been notable for the large portion of 

 time and effort given to the investigation of waters owned by 

 the Territory. 



Many water licenses and land leases involving comparatively 

 large supplies of Government water, will terminate within the 

 next few years, and equitable renewals or new licenses or leases 

 are very much dependent on the total quantities and seasonal 

 variations of these quantities of the water available under these 

 licenses and leases. 



The years of patient effort which have been expended by this 

 organization in collecting hydrometric data, have furnished very 

 interesting and fairly reliable data when these are compared with 

 the annual fees and rentals paid under existing licenses and 

 leases. These data are demonstrating the fallacy of the previous 

 methods used in fixing annual water and land rentals under old 

 licenses and leases, and, although the available records are still 

 very meagre and not what are desired, these are sufficient to 

 show the value of the work being done in this line, and the neces- 

 sity for continuing the work with a more comprehensive and more 

 intensive scope in the future. 



Several of the licensees and lessees of Territorial waters and 

 lands have foreseen the value of keeping reliable records of the 

 available surface water resources during the past decade. The 

 methods used have not always been consistent with the funds ex- 



