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A. W. Carter, guardian, Waimea, South Kohala, Hawaii — Lot 
A, 2.04 acres, $205; B, 2.53 acres, $254; C, 4.75 acres, $357 ; D, 
7 acres, $351 ; E, 33.75 acres, $1,688.50. 
Cash Sales on Time Payment. — F. K. Howard, lots 594 and 
598 inclusive, Makiki Heights, Kona, Oahu, area 3.65 acres, 
$4,901. 
H. T. Bowen, lot 625, Makiki Heights, Kona, Oahu, 0.98 
acre, $351. 
Mrs. E. C. Bowen, lot 626, Makiki Heights, Kona, Oahu, 0.92 
acre, $690. 
Mrs. Gregory, lot 628, Makiki Heights, Kona, Oahu, 0.90 
acre, $575. 
Mrs. B. March, lot 629, Makiki Heights, Kona, Oahu, 0.92 
acre, $601. 
F. L. Hadley, lot 630, Makiki Heights, Kona, Oahu, 10.3 acres, 
$651. 
REPORT ON RICE AND COTTON INVESTIGATIONS 
IN CHINA AND JAPAN. 
By F. G. Krauss, 
Agronomist, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, Hono- 
lulu, Hawaii. 
In the fall of 1909 the writer was authorized to undertake in- 
vestigations in rice and cotton culture in China and Japan. 
Arriving at Yokohama, August 22nd, I proceeded at once to 
Hongkong, via Kobe, overland. The distance from Tokyo to 
Kobe is about 375 miles by rail. Some idea of the extent of 
Japan’s fertile rice areas was obtained on this preliminary trip 
through the heart of this Garden Kingdom. Mile after mile of 
continuous paddy fields dominated both sides of the railroad and 
extended from mountain to sea like an immense checker-board. 
The crops throughout this region were either just coming into 
flower or approaching maturity, becoming more advanced as one 
proceeded south. With the exception of occasional flooded areas 
in the Osaka plain region, the crops were on the whole very 
promising, the season having been exceptionally favorable. The 
trip up the Canton or Pearl River from Hongkong to Canton 
becomes more and more interesting as one approaches the latter 
city. Emerging from the picturesque hill country the river winds 
its way through great stretches of low lands, whose fertile deltas 
provide some of the most productive rice fields to be found any- 
where. Here the river and numerous canals are bordered by low 
earth levies upon whose crest have been planted miles of the 
famous litchi nut. 
