Honolulu Section of the Pacific Division of MATS. At Honolulu, MATS aircraft from San Francisco turned around for their return flight. Therefore, cargo or personnel booked at San Francisco for points beyond Honolulu were required to off-load at the MATS terminal at Honolulu and later be reloaded on an outgoing flight from Honolulu to Kwajalein and Eniwetok. The San Francisco-Honolulu leg of the trip connected with the principal trans-Pacific leg from Honolulu to Guam, Okinawa and Japan; therefore the plane loading from San Francisco was normally heavy and subject to rigid priorities. In the initial arrangements concerning the use of MATS service by H&N, it was expected that only items of cargo of an urgent nature would be transported by this means, Allocations of cargo space were not made far in advance but on a month-to-month basis, depending upon demands of other agencies. Monthly allocations were in turn prorated on a daily basis in order that cargo booking officials could be assured of a justifiable load for each flight. The daily allowance was not subject to accumulation if unused. Table 14.2-2 shows air cargo shipments over six consecutive months during the construction period and indicates the normal allocation of air cargo space for H & N requirements and the types of cargo for which this allocation was utilized. The average monthly cargo shipped was 4172 pounds. TABLE 14.2-2 AIR CARGO SHIPMENTS, FEBRUARY-JULY, 1950 Month Pounds of Cargo February March 2719 -- 7618 Types of Cargo Medical supplies, radioactive cobalt, pressure gauges, submarine cable testing equipment. Engineering and radio supplies, electrical appliances, small tools. April 3200 Office supplies, medical supplies, recording instruments. May 5848 Medical supplies, hospital June 3329 Engineering and construction tools and supplies, splice cable units. July 2318 Total 25032 14-12 equipment. Refrigerator spare parts, steel door frames and accessories,