The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-07-01

erintendent OF Electric Lights;
special report upon the proposed
increase of power for the Electric
Light Plant, by g. f. Allardt;
upon Meteorology, by Mr.. Lyons;
upon the Government Lands; Qaes-
ton of Water Supply for Hamakua
and Superintendent of Public
Works. % l'9t 5in ~ ~s'H' -
The reportlupon the Sewerage of
Honolulu and also upon Immigra-
ton matters, both appear in separ-
ate pamphlets and may be consid-
cred as supplementary reports of
the Minister of the Interior.
The report of the Surveyor Gen
eral indicates biennial period of
great activity, and shows both the
increasing value of this bureau and
an enlarged field of operations. A
considerable amount of work de-
volved upon the Office in furnishing
detail maps to the Assessors
throughout the country. The
Homestead work has also been at
tended to by the Government Sur
veyor. Maps have been prepared
and are kept in detail in the Office
for future reference and to insure
correct results. The work of the
Office also developed the fact that
the Government is possessed of a
large amount of land in remnants,
scattered throughout the country,
some of which have been leased adj
vantageously; others have been
used for holnesteads. Maps have
been furnished for election Boards
throughout the country; also for
various public works projected,
such as harbor improvements, water
works, street widening and others.
The details of maps and surveys
furnished show that several humid
red have been prepared and issued
from the Office. There have also
been a large number of re-
ports made upon applications
for the purchase or lease of
Government lands. The report
also speaks of the settlement of the
important and long undecided ques-
ton of the ownership of the unas-
signed lands. This has been finally
settled in favor of the Government
and it appears that the labor of
preparing this matter for the
Courts was performed in chief by
this bureau. The meteorological
work has also been done by this
Office. Of the trigonometrical work
the island of Molokai has taken a
considerable portion of the time of
the several surveyors. The outline
surveying 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. 1t
includes surveys of the Kohala
mountains, prepared in connection
with the examination with regard
to water for Hamakua. In North
HiIo, 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 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.
1t 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
its infancy in this country and
some difficulties have had to be met
or overcome; but, at the present
time, in addition to the observa-
tions and records kept by the Sur
vey Bureau, a 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-
tions 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 greater
average than really belongs to the
whole country. 1t appears that In
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