305 

 Forest Fences. 



The writer paid a visit to the Luahialei Forest Reserve at Wai- 

 anae for the purpose of examining the fence just completed by 

 J. K. Luka. The fence consists of two hues built across the re- 

 serve and running along both sides of the trail leading over Kole- 

 kole Pass. After making a thorough examination I found that 

 the fence had been substantially built and the work done accord- 

 ing to the plans and specifications. 



The repairs to the forest reserve fence running along the mauka 

 boundary of the Lualualei homesteads were also examined and 

 found satisfactory. The latter were under the supervision of Mr. 

 Alika Dowsett. 



\"ery respectfully, 



David Haughs, 

 Forest Nurseryman. 



DIVISION OF HYDROGRAPHY 



Honolulu, September 16, 1914. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



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

 sion of Hydrography during the month of August, 1914, is sub- 

 mitted : 



A comparison of the amounts paid per million gallons per 24 

 hours for government water under the various water licenses, has 

 revealed the fact that there exists a wide variation in the prices 

 paid under, apparently, similar conditions of cost of water de- 

 velopment and application. 



The data at hand cover most of the larger ditches on Kauai 

 and Maui, and as a large part of these water license agreements 

 terminate within the next ten years, these data should be care- 

 fully studied previous to the leasing of future water rights. 



The investigation of the discharge of all ditches diverting gov- 

 ernment water is now being carried on, and it is anticipated that 

 sufficient data will be available, when needed, to allow for an 

 intelligent estimate of the amount of water furnished under each 

 lease. 



OAHU. 



The cooperative experimental work with the H. S. P. A. Ex- 

 perimental Sub-station at Waipio was well started by the instal- 

 lation of three permanent weirs on the two main ditches which 

 serve the greater part of the fields. These three weirs in con- 

 nection' with the Venturi meter at the source of supply will regis- 

 ter the amounts furnished to and the amounts lost by seepage and 



