juvenile court being presided over by one of the judges of the first circuit court.

The following tables show the cases by courts, classes of cases, and nationality of convicted in criminal cases:

' Homicide: 1917, manslaughter, 2; murder, 11; 1918, manslaughter, 2; murder, 5; 1919, manslaughter, 3 murder, 5.

JUVENILE COURT.

The principal court handling juvenile cases is located in Honolulu and presided over by one of the circuit judges of the first circuit, who is assigned for that purpose by the chief justice of the supreme court. The circuit judges of the other circuits, and to a small extent the district magistrates throughout the Territory, sit as juvenile judges. There are several salaried officers and a number of volun

teers.

Dependents are placed in private homes, private institutions, and public institutions. Delinquent boys and girls not paroled are placed in the respective industrial schools, where their work is of a vocational nature and partly self-sustaining.

There were 123 children-50 boys and 73 girls-brought before the court in Honolulu as dependents during the year. Of these, 37 boys and 58 girls were declared dependent and 13 boys and 15 girls were dismissed. The dependents were cared for as follows: To private homes, 49; to charitable institutions, 42; to the industrial schools, 4.

By nationality the dependents were as follows: Chinese, 16; Filipino, 6; Hawaiian, 29; Japanese, 2; Korean, 6; Porto Rican, 4; white, including Portuguese, 32.

Children brought before the court as delinquents numbered 462— 405 boys and 57 girls. Those declared delinquent were 117 boys and 39 girls, while 288 boys and 18 girls were dismissed. Thirty-seven boys and 12 girls were placed on probation, and 80 boys and 27 girls were committed to the industrial schools.

Nationalities in delinquent cases were as follows: Chinese, 15 boys and 5 girls; Filipino, 4 boys; Hawaiian, 54 boys and 21 girls; Japanese, 17 boys and 1 girl; white, including Portuguese, 23 boys and 8 girls; Porto Rican, 2 boys and 3 girls; Korean, 2 boys; Russian, 1 girl.

LAND COURT.

One of the judges of the first circuit court is assigned to landcourt cases by the chief justice of the supreme court.

During the fiscal year 36 applications were filed, while 34 applications were pending at the beginning of the period. Of this total of 70 cases, 35 were granted and decrees were issued and 1 was discontinued. There were 34 cases pending at the end of the fiscal year. The 70 cases listed represent 8,261.275 acres, with an assessed valuation of $1,432,828.77. The 35 cases where decrees were issued represented 245.179 acres; assessed value, $676,737.77; pending cases, 8,016.061 acres, at a value of $751,821. During the period 23 applications for subdivisions of registered land were filed and allowed, while 4 applications for new certificates of title to registered land were filed and allowed.

FEDERAL COURT.

The Federal court located in Hawaii is a United States district court, with the jurisdiction also of a United States circuit court. There are two district judges, and a United States district attorney and assistant affiliated with this court.

The civil cases during the last fiscal year numbered 48, comprising 17 bankruptcy, 8 admiralty, 7 United States civil, 5 other civil, and 11 habeas corpus cases, as compared with 81 cases for the preceding year, comprising 30 bankruptcy, 19 admiralty, 24 United States civil, 4 other civil, and 4 habeas corpus cases.

Criminal cases numbered 281 as against 260 for the previous year, as follows: Unlawfully receiving money from United States employees, 1; assault and battery on the high seas, 1; unlawfully importing and smoking, etc., opium, 20; adultery, 2; unlawfully importing, etc., merchandise, 1; demanding and receiving money under threat, 1; conspiracy, 1; unlawfully using food for intoxicating liquor, 1; bawdy house, 2; illicit distilling, 3; counterfeiting, 1; violation of postal laws, 2; bigamy, 2; bribery, 1; larceny, 1; violation of Sheppard Act, 108; violation of national prohibition act, 133. Grand total of criminal and civil cases, 329.

Convictions numbering 274 were secured in the criminal cases, 2 were acquitted, 6 were nolle prossed, 1 forfeited bond, 2 were released, 1 was dismissed, and 2 are pending.

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

The attorney general is the legal adviser of the heads of the departments, the high sheriff, the district magistrates, other public officials in all matters connected with their public duties, and the many Territorial boards. Much of this work consists of drawing up or passing upon forms of contracts and bonds of contractors with the Terri

tory, deeds, licenses, patents, and other documents relating to land transactions, corporation charters, etc.

The work of this department has been carried on during the current year by the attorney general and one deputy, except for a short time while the former was absent in Washington, when it became necessary to employ an assistant to the acting attorney general. During the year the department has rendered to the various heads of departments 75 formal written opinions which have been printed and will be bound in book form; 806 informal written opinions and letters and many informal oral opinions. The number of cases handled in the year 1918-19 was 192, while during the current year the number was increased to 318, an increase of a little more than 60 per cent.

There were 123 cases pending and 195 finished at the end of the fiscal period, as follows: Circuit court of appeals, 1 pending; United States district court, 2 finished; supreme court, 6 pending, 21 finished; circuit courts, 90 pending, 47 finished; land court, 13 pending, 58 finished; tax-appeal courts, 7 pending, 16 finished; district court of Honolulu, 13 finished; public utilities commission, 1 pending; industrial accident board, 5 pending, 1 finished; leper divorce cases, 27

finished.

Disposition of criminal cases in all circuit courts of the Territory.1

All felons, all Federal prisoners, both misdemeanants and persons awaiting trial, as well as felons, are retained in the Territorial prison. The warden of the prison is also high sheriff of the Territory.

The total of prisoners on June 30, 1920, was 698 or 13 more than on the corresponding date last year. These are classified by nationality as follows: Filipino, 231; Hawaiian, 139; Japanese, 82; Porto Rican, 57; American, 45; Chinese, 43; Portuguese, 41; Korean, 36; Spanish, 7; German, 5; Russian, 4; British, 2; Norwegian, 2; South American, 1; Tahitian, 1; Samoan, 1; Mexican, 1. There are only 3 women in the prison, 2 Filipino, 1 Hawaiian.

There were 221 persons discharged from custody during the year, as follows: Expiration of sentence, 57; deported, 2; paid fine and costs, 28; order of United States commissioner, 1; pardoned, 22; convicted, 10; poor convicts' oath, 78; released on bond, 12; appeal to supreme court, 2; bench warrant for removal, 1; sentence commuted by governor, 2; died, 4; sentence commuted by President, 1; suicide, 1.

The total days' imprisonment for the year was 257,345, divided into 256,702 criminal and 643 committed.

The daily cost for support, maintenance, and custody of each prisoner was 74 cents.

The daily average of sick was less than one-half of 1 per cent. The report of the prison physician states that the food given to the prisoners is excellent in both quality and quantity, and answers all the requirements for food value and nourishment, according to the work required. On the entrance of all prisoners a preliminary examination is made so as to guard against bringing contagious or infectious diseases to the other prisoners. During the year there were 4,280 cases on the sick list, mostly minor; 18 major operations were performed. Five deaths occurred. Out of 57 cases during the influenza epidemic only 1 resulted fatally.

From donations of books received from the post exchanges of various companies of the United States Army who have left Hawaii it has been possible to open a lending library, and 1,102 books have been loaned since the library opened in September, 1919.

PUBLIC HEALTH.

The death rate for the year was 17.53 per 1,000, figured on an estimated population on June 30, 1920, of 260,300. An analysis of the mortality and morbidity statistics shows an increase of 2.17 in the mortality rate, as compared with the previous year, which increase was due principally to the large number of deaths from influenza, 1,088, as compared with 612 for the year 1919.

Thanks are due the commanding general of the Hawaiian Department, United States Army, for the use of ambulances and drivers during the influenza outbreak; to the trustees of Palama settlement for the use of Pa Ola day camp as an emergency hospital for influenza cases, and to the United States Public Health Service for the services of a medical officer for duty in the Kona and Kau districts, Hawaii, during the prevalence of influenza there.

There has been gratifying success in the treatment of leprosy by the ethyl esters of chaulmoogra oil, and as a result of the publicity given to this method of treatment at Kalihi Hospital, Honolulu, persons suffering from the disease have come voluntarily, waived their legal right to have an examination by a medical board of three physicians, and have willingly abided by the decision of the attending physician of the hospital as to their condition. It is confidently believed, as a result of the publicity given the treatment by those who have recovered and been paroled during the last year, as well as by others, that the former practice of hiding away will be abandoned and that persons afflicted will promptly enter Kalihi Hospital in order to receive the benefit of treatment.

Act 169, of the 1919 legislature, continued the position of herb specialist for the purpose of recording the value of medicinal herbs known to the Hawaiians. This work is progressing well, but is necessarily very slow, as the specialist must follow up many details of information through others who also have first hand knowledge of the value of many herbs.