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Honolulu office and 26 clays in the field on Maui replacing" Air. 

 Christiansen. He visited two stations and was employed all of 

 his time on Maui on the construction of clock register stations on 

 the Hanawai, West Kopiliula, East Wailuaiki, East Wailuanui 

 and West \\'ailuanui streams. 



E. O. Christiansen, Assistant Engineer, Maui. 



Mr. Christiansen spent December 1 to 3 assisting Mr. Bailey 

 on Maui, and from December 4 to 31 on vacation leave. His 

 resignation to take effect on December 31, 1913, was accepted. 



H. A. R. Austin, Junior Engineer, OaJiu. 



Mr. Austin reported for duty on December 27 and spent De- 

 cember 27 to 30 on general office work. On December 31 he 

 accompanied J. C. Dort, office engineer, on a trip to IVIt. Kona- 

 huanui, Mt. Olympus and the Kaau crater to read rain gages. 



G. R. JVhite, Eield Assistant, Oahu. 



Mr. White spent 16^^ days in the field, visited six stream gag- 

 ing stations and three rainfall stations, and made seven stream 

 measurements. From December 9 to 16 were spent on construc- 

 tion and improvement work in the Kailua valley, and from De- 

 cember 26 to 31 on gage installation and construction work in 

 the Kaneohe and Heeia valleys, all on windward Oahu. The 

 balance of the month was spent on general office and computation 

 work. 



Office Force. 



Mr. E. E. Goo, clerk, assisted by John Kaheaku, computer, 

 spent the entire month on general office work, including corre- 

 spondence, filing, computing, checking, etc. Mrs. Sara Dort and 

 Mrs. Hilda Kennedy were temporarily employed on December 

 8 at $2.50 per day to assist on computation work in connection 

 with the 1913 Progress Report. 



\'ery respectfully, 



G. K. Eakrlson, 

 Superintendent of Hydrography. 



There is a Hourisliinti' forest school in the rhilip[)ines. and 28 

 men were trradiiated with the class of l')13. 



Under forest regulations in Colombia, rubber gatherers are 

 recjuired to give the trees a rest period in tai)|)ing them for gum. 

 The size, number and location of the incisions are regulated by 

 law. In the United States similar regulations arc in force in the 

 lapping of pines for turpentine on the Morida national forest. 



