135 



Taro 542 bags 



Vegetables 231 packages 



Plants 123 



Fruit 28 " 



Sugar cane (seed) l-i cases 



Total passed 938 



Four packages of plants and five packages of fruit were refused 

 shipment on account of infestation or undesirable soil. 



Eespectfully submitted, 



D. T. FULLAWAY, 



Acting Chief Plant Inspector. 



Division of Animal Industry 



Honolulu, Hawaii, Mar 16, 1919. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 Honolulu, T. H. 



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

 Division of Animal Industry for the month of April, 1919: 



LEGISLATION AND THE DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTKY. 



The most important bill passed by the last legislature in so far as 

 this Division is concerned was the new tuberculosis indemnification act, 

 which was signed by the Governor on April 30. This act differs from 

 the old one in various important ways, but principally in that it 

 places no limit upon the appraisal and makes it possible for the owner 

 of high class, purebred cattle to collect full value for reacting animals 

 which upon post mortem examination cannot be proved to be affected 

 with tuberculosis. Such cases are rare (two out of nearly five hundred 

 during the last two years), but if a few should occur when the best im- 

 3)orted breeding stock is being tested, the entire appropriation of $20,000 

 would soon be exhausted. The new bill raises the limit of indemnifica- 

 tion for cattle proved on post mortem to be tuberculosis to $350 for 

 purebreds and $250 for grades, as compared to respectively $250 and 

 $150 b-efore. 



The manner of appraisal has been simplified in that it allows the 

 officer making the test, whenever posible, to come to an understand- 

 ing with the owner in regard to the value of th'C condemned animals. 

 This will in most cases obviate the necessity of having a special ap- 

 praiser visit all premises where reactors are found. If an agi-eement 

 cannot be reached, a board of appraisers has been provided for. 



The new bill also provides for the testing of beef cattle when 

 there is reason to suspect the presence of tuberculosis, whereas previ- 

 ously dairy cattle only could be tested. Unfortunately a proviso limiting 

 the number of times a herd can be tested to once every six months 

 found its way into the bill while in committee. Only when a herd con- 

 tains more than fifteen percent of reactors can more frequent tests be 

 applied. It is, however, saf'C to say that there is no herd left with that 

 amount of infection, at least not on this island. 



Taken altogether the act is serviceable though it undoubtedly will 



