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Division of Animal Industry 



Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 10, 1918. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honohilu, 



Gentlemen : — I beg to submit herewith my report on the work 

 of the Division of Animal Industry for the month of July, 1918: 



THE ANTHRAX SITUATION ON KAUAI. 



During the early part of the month a week was spent on Kauai 

 for the purpose of arranging the quarantine restrictions at Hana- 

 lei in a way satisfactory to all concerned. In a special report 

 dated July 15th, I have already detailed the results of these ef- 

 forts, and though the same will not be consummated until next 

 month, it may be stated here, that the rigid quarantine as hither- 

 to enforced by guards will be discontinued in so far as certain 

 unfenced districts and highways are concerned, while all fenced 

 pastures and premises w^here anthrax has occurred will be plainly 

 posted with penalty signs Avarning against trespassing. In dis- 

 pensing with the guards it is expected that the supervisors will 

 continue the appropriation thereby saved ($250.00 per month) 

 as part compensation for the continued services of the Deputy 

 Territorial Veterinarian and for the employment of a mounted 

 patrolman. 



As already explained the complete expenditure of the anthrax 

 appropriation would have necessitated that Dr. Golding's ser- 

 vices be dispensed with after July 31st. To continue the guards 

 at Kalihi-wai and Hanalei bridge without any official supervision 

 v^rould be futile. It was therefore pointed out to the Board of 

 Supervisors that it was far more important to retain Dr. Golding 

 than the guards ; that the frequent deaths of cattle and horses on 

 the Princeville Plantation required the presence of a veterinarian 

 to determine the cause of death and supervise the disposal of the 

 carcasses ; that no -live stock should enter or leave the infected 

 district without official inspection ; and finally that vaccination 

 would have to be continued for an indefinite period. 



These suggestions were subsequently embodied in a letter to 

 the Board of Supervisors and a reply received that the matter 

 would be considered at the next meeting of the Board, on 

 August 7th. 



While on Kauai I went w^ith Dr. Golding to examine the car- 

 cass of a horse on the Princeville Plantation, some four miles 

 mauka of the plantation stables. The horse belonged to an em- 

 ployee of the Kauai Electric Company and had been vaccinated 

 some six weeks before. The owner had telephoned the manager 

 of the ranch reporting the horse sick, and as Dr. Golding was 

 vdth me at Waimea, he had the horse brought down to the 



