340 



HcDiolidn Water Shed Planting. 



The number of trees planted out during September amounted 

 to '702 kukui. Other work done consisted of making holes and 

 hoeing the young trees recently planted. 



Advice and Assistance. 



The writer has made calls and otherwise given advice and 

 assistance at the request of people residing in the neighborhood 

 of Honolulu, and on the other islands as follows : 



Calls in and around the city 10 



Advice by telephone 12 



Advice to people calling at nursery 9 



Bv letter to other islands 6 



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Respectfully submitted. 



David Haughs, 

 Forest Nurservman. 



DIVISION OF HYDROGRAPHY. 



Honolulu, October 14, 1913. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



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

 sion of Hydrography during September, 1915, is submitted: 



Special Investigations. 



The Governor of Hawaii has on several occasions called on 

 this office for data and advice relative to water resources of the 

 Territory. Special reports relative to water resources in the 

 vicinity of Honolulu and Kapaa, Kauai, have been furnished. 

 Copies of these reports are appended hereto. 



Weather Conditions. 



'i'he dry weather conditions were broken by general rains be- 

 ginning on ( )ahu and the most of Kauai about the middle of the 

 month. Generous rains began on Maui, southern Hawaii and in 

 the Lihue and Koloa districts of Kauai about tlie 20th, and all 

 islands received rainfall abo\ e the average dm-ing the latter ])art 

 of the month. 



