THE jHAWAIIAN 
rORESTER ^ AGRICULTURIST 
VoL. VII AUGUST, 1910 No. 8 
WATER INVESTIGATION. 
An agreement was concluded early this month between the 
Federal and Territorial governments, under which they now 
cooperate in the investigation of the water resources of these 
islands. Much preliminary work had already been done this 
year, a staff of Federal hydrographers and topographers from* 
Washington being paid out of the Territorial conservation 
fund. Some years ago a legal opinion was given from the 
Treasury Department to the effect that none of the money 
voted by Congress for this service could be expended in Ha- 
waii. One of the amendments made to the Organic Act, at 
last session, enables the Territory of Hawaii to share in 
Federal appropriations for general purposes excepting where 
the words of the statute forbid. Hence, in the agreement 
just made, the United States and Hawaii will pay, half and 
half, $10,000 for the water investigation for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1911. IMr. W. F. Martin, as district engineer, 
and Air. C. H. Birdseye, topographer, whose services have 
hitherto been loaned to the Territory, now resume their 
regular places in the United States Geological Survey, but 
will direct the water investigation under the agreement men- 
tioned. This water investigation will not only be of great 
advantage Jo lands alread}^ under cultivation, where either 
the rainfall or ground water supply is precarious, but will 
almost assuredly lead to the reclamation of areas of land now 
desert. 
PAPER FROM BAMBOO. 
Printers and publishers, as well as paper ’ makers, have for 
years been troubled about the supply of paper. The question of 
raw material for making paper has been one of those most 
earnestly considered by the national forestry experts. It has been 
discussed this year by all the big associations connected with 
