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work will be started on the two clock register cooperative stations 

 on the Olokele stream and the new Anahola ditch. All equip- 

 ment, materials, transportation and labor for the Olokele station 

 will be furnished by the Hawaiian Sugar Co. All materials, trans- 

 portation and labor will be furnished by the Makee Sugar Co. 

 on the Anahola ditch station. 



Oahu. 



The cooperative experimenti^l work for the li. S. P. A. at 

 Waipio will be carried forward. 



Further reconnaissance work in connection with the water re- 

 sources of the Honolulu basin will be done. 



A reconnaissance of the mountain waters of the Punaluu and 

 Kaluanui valleys, above the 800-foot contour, will be made. 



Air. Kimble, who will probably be paid from territorial funds 

 during August, has received permission to take 40 days' vacation 

 leave, and will leave for Clear Lake, Iowa, on August 5. He 

 expects to return about September 13. 



Kauai. 



Routine stream measurement work will be pushed, and a special 

 ditch loss investigation for the Honolua Ranch Co. will be made. 



Very respectfully, 



G. K. Larrison, 

 Superintendent of Hydrography. 



CREATION OF TWO FOREST RESERVES. 



Following a public hearing, Governor L. E. Pinkham on Au- 

 gust 20, 1914, signed proclamations creating two new forest 

 reserves, respectively on the islands of Maui and Hawaii. 



The former, under the name "Kipahulu Forest Reserve," is 

 situated in the districts of Kipahulu and Kaupo, and embraces 

 all the forested area lying on the slopes of Mt. Haleakala above 

 a line drawn approximately on the 2000-foot contour between the 

 boundary of the old Hana district and the Kaupo gap. The area 

 is 10,600 acres, of which 4600 acres belongs to the government. 

 The remainder of the reserve consists of the great valley of Alae- 

 nui, owaied by the Kipahulu Sugar Co. The object of this reserve 

 is to protect the streams, in view of their ultimate development for 

 economic purposes. 



The creation of the Kipahulu forest reserve practically rounds 

 out and completes the first chapter in getting native Hawaiian 

 forest under a proper system of administration and control. With 

 the exception of two comparatively small areas on Oahu — Moku- 

 leia and Hauula — all the forest land needed for the protection of 



