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not completed within the period agreed upon, but was carried out in 

 an extremely careful manner, reflecting great credit upon the con- 

 tractor. The cost of this work amounted to $30 per acre. About 30 

 cords of wood, worth $10 a cord, were obtained from this land and 

 are now on hand subject to sale. 



Thirteen acres of 15-year-old planted eucalyptus or Australian gum 

 forest was also cleared at the upper end of the tract at a contract 

 price of $65 per acre. (PI. XXVI, fig 2). The trees were very dense 

 in this forest, and the cost of removal of roots and stumps much 

 greater than in the open algaroba and guava woods at the lower eleva- 

 tion. This contract was carried out by Japanese labor and was not as 

 efficiently performed as the previous one, given to an American firm. 

 About 400 cords of wood were secured by the station, valued at $3 to 

 $3.50 per cqrd. 



Contracts were also let for the erection of an office and a residence 

 building. The office contains two rooms, and is intended to be only 

 one wing of a building, the remainder to be completed at a later date. 



The residence contains six rooms. Both office and residence occupy 

 a commanding position on the heights above and back of Honolulu, at 

 an elevation of 350 feet above sea level. These buildings cost $3,900, 

 the contract not including the painting. (PI. XXVII, fig. 1.) 



A 2-story stable, 18 by 32 feet, with three stalls, carriage room, tool 

 and harness rooms, was planned and built by the special agent in charge. 

 In connection with the stable are a 2,000-gallon tank, watering trough, 

 and manure shed, and there are feed bins and chutes at convenient 

 location. (PI. XXVII, fig. 2.) 



A 2- room hut or cottage was also built to serve as quarters for the 

 laborers employed. A poultry house and poultry yard inclosed by 

 wire netting has been built; also a small house in which to store dyna- 

 mite, considerable amounts of which have been used in blasting and 

 grading operations necessary in grading and making roads around the 

 station buildings. 



A seed bed was prepared and covered over with slats in lieu of a 

 glass or canvas covered propagating house. 



The location of the station buildings having been made above the level 

 to which city water is at present supplied, a water system had to be 

 installed by the station. A line of 1-inch pipe was laid 900 feet to con- 

 nect with the city water system, and a 10,000-gallon tank was placed 

 at an elevation of 250 feet, that being the maximum height above sea 

 level at which city water is now supplied. Another 10,000-gallon tank 

 was erected back of the residence, at a height above the floor line to 

 give enough water pressure in both office and residence. 



A l^-horsepower gasoline engine and double-acting pump were 

 installed at the 260-foot level, and the water is pumped through a 

 2-inch galvanized iron pipe into the upper tank. A 4-inch swing check 



