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These condemned animals had all received the test for the first 

 time, a fact which would seem to indicate that considerable dis- 

 ease exists among the main herd. It is a rule, almost without 

 exception, that where the disease exists in a herd, the bulls give 

 evidence of l)eing infected and the disease is, perhaps, more rap- 

 idly and surely disseminated through them than through any other 

 means. The results of the test of the main herd will be awaited 

 with interest. 



The test at Waimanalo Plantation contains no points of inter- 

 est. The animals tested were the same as were tested last year, 

 the record being clean for each year. 



There is still considerable work remaining before this test is 

 completed, and will be started as soon as weather conditions are 

 such that the animals can be kept up the necessary length of time, 

 which means that there must be a rainfall to put the pastures in 

 condition. A rough estimate puts the number still to be tested a: 

 two thousand. 



Inspection and Iniportation of Lvvcstock. 



Pursuant to a request from Hind, Rolph & Co. for inspection 

 of stock landed at Honoipu and by order of the Board of Com- 

 missioners, I left for Mahukona on the Mauna Kea, May 21. 

 Upon my arrival I proceeded directly to Kohala, and the follow- 

 ing day set out to inspect the one stallion, two boars and one 

 Merino ram which had been landed there. The stallion was the 

 only animal of the shipment still confined, as permission for the 

 release of the others had been obtained from the board a week 

 previous. I was able to examine the stallion and the two boars, 

 which were found to be apparently free from any contagious o: 

 infectious disease, and were admitted into the Territory. I re- 

 turned on the Mauna Kea, May 25. 



List of Iiufiortations. 



May 6 — S. S. Siberia (Orient), 1 ct. Jap. games. 



May 8 — S. S. Lurline (San P^rancisco), 1 horse, S. W. Hansen; 

 2 horses, C. M. Apple; 1 Jersey heifer, W. E. Wall ; 

 12 cts. poultry. 



May 14 — S. .S. Wilhelmina (.San JM-ancisco), 14 cts. ])<)ultry. • 



May 16 — S. S. Korea (San i'rancisco), 3 iiorses, 2 cows, 3 dogs, 

 2 cats, 4 cts. poultry, Mrs. A. Dias. 



May 17 — S. S. Sierra (San h'rancisco), 16 cts. poultry. 



May 18 — PJ. .S. A. T. Sherman (San TVancisco), 16 clogs — quar- 

 antined on reservation at Schoficld Barracks. 



May 21 — .S. .S. Manchuria (San l-'rancisco), 2 dogs, I'\ Baldwin — 

 f|uarantined at station. 



May 21 — .S. S. Makura (Sydney), 14 dogs, Ij^rdy Ci)m])any — 

 quarantined at I'.ijou Theatre. 



