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where trees had died during- the 4lry spell. The most of the trees 

 are making a splendid growth and are now large enough to take 

 care of themselves. Owing to lack of funds the man who has 

 been employed on this work for the past three years was dis- 

 charged at the end of December. 



Congressional J\''gctablc Seed. 



By last mail we received from Washington 50 mail bags con- 

 taining 10,000 packages of Congressional vegetable seed. Each 

 package contains five varieties. The complete list is as fol- 

 lows: 3300 packages \'-l — beans, lettuce, muskmelon, onion and 

 radish ; 3300 packages V-4 — corn, lettuce, onion, radish and tur- 

 nip ; 3400 packages V-5 — peas, cucumber, lettuce, onion and 

 radish. 



Very respectfully, 



David Haughs, 

 Forest Nurseryman. 



DIVISION OF HYDROGRAPHY. 



Honolulu, Jan. 12, 1914. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



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

 sion of Hydrography during December, 1913, is submitted : 



Construction IP'ork. 



The construction work in December in connection with the in- 

 stallation of 12 new clock register stations on Maui, four new 

 clock register stations on Kauai, and 18 new staff gage stations 

 on Oahu progressed more rapidly than during November on ac- 

 count of more favorable weather conditions. The program of 

 replacino: old staff' gage ditch stations — which have in the past 

 estimated the low water discharge of streams by the amount of 

 water diverted by ditching — by clock register stations on the 

 streams, at points above all diversions, will progress as rapidly 

 as the semi-annual allotments of the territorial funds are made 

 available. 



There are now established, or in i)rocess of being established, 

 on streams in this district the following types of cltKk register 

 stations: Gurley, 1 ; Friez. 8; Stevens. 19*; Barrett & Lawrt'iioc, 

 6; Watson, 7 — making 41 in all. 



The installation of these statinns involves more than the con- 

 struction of intakes, wells and siitlters, as these are, nearly al- 

 ways, established far up into valleys, both uninhabited and in- 



* Three owned by coo|)erating parties. 



