The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-06-27

he several surveyors. The outline
having been done, Mr..
Monsarrat it appears is now en-
gagged IN filling in the surveys of a
number of lands and filing up de-
tails. Much of the same work has
been done on the island of Hawaii. It
includes surveys Of the Kohala
mountains. prepared in connection
with the examination with regard
to water for Hamakua. In North
Hilo, careful surveys have been
made and a map drawn of that por-
ton of the country. The other
general work of this character has
been on the eastern side of Hawaii.
The locating of stations and the
setting of signals has taken much
time and expense. This bureau
also furnishes a valuable resume Of
the objects and work of the bureau
which was published in pamphlet
form in both English and French
for the Paris Exposition, upon
which a silver medal was awarded
for the maps.
It seems proper in connection
with the Bureau of Survey to take
up all of the work of this depart
ment. Therefore, the next in order
is the report on meteorological
matters. Mr.. Lyons has done a
great deal of very careful, method
ical and useful work IN this behalf.
Work which has been recognized
already in foreign countries and a
detailed result of work here for the
past few years has been published
in Washington, copied from this
report. AS yet this work is in
it's infancy in this country and
some difficulties have had to be met
or overcome but, at the present
time, in addition to the observa-
tons and records kept by the Sur
vey Bureau, number of observers
are throughout the country, making
reports. Mr.. Lyons states that the
earliest reports obtainable on mete-
geological matters are those of DR..
Rookie in the years 1887 and 1888.
Since that time detached observa-
tons of different years have been
obtained. The reports which have
been received are chiefly from the
agricultural and therefore more
rainy districts of the Islands and
would probably show a greater
average than really belongs to the
whole country. It appears that in
the Kohala mountains the rain fall
must be in the neighborhood of
from 200 to $50 inches per annum.
In Hilo the average appears to be
about IA inches. In December
last the rain fall at the Volcano
was SO inches fall which ex.
ceeds anything recorded hitherto
in this country and is only ex-
ceeded by some records from
India. Spreckelsville, Maui, shows
the smallest annual rain fall, of ID
inches for 1889. Observations have
also been kept with both the Their
mometer and barometer. The state
ment is made that record tenn
perature of ninety or above should
be regarded with suspicion as indl.
eating an improperly placed Their
mometer. Apparently, for the same
reason, a mean monthly average of
eighty is open to doubt. The
tables which accompany Mr..
Lyons report are exceedingly min
ute and interesting and cover not
only the rain fall but temperature
and barometer.
Following this report is that
upon Government lands by Mr.. J.
F. Brown. which consists almost
entirely of valuable statistical
tables showing the area IN acres
and fractions of all Government
lands throughout the country, to-
gether with the present rental OBJ
tanned upon leased lands, the num-
Der Of Government leases and the
appraised valne Of each land. To
this is also added brief remarks as
to the nature and character Of the
land. The tahles afe so full anil
complete that any analysis whicl,
will give picture Of them seems
impossible. The summary which
Is made up from the tables shows
that there are 861, 800 acres of Gov
eminent lands. Of which RI 1h(1