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son to the human lives which may be conserved, that possibly the 

 means can be obtained from other sources. The last Legislature, 

 for instance, appropriated $25.000.C0 for tuberculosis work. If 

 all of this money has not been expended, I can see no better way 

 to do it than by assisting in exterminating the only known source 

 of human infection, which can be exterminated. 



In concluding this subject, the aim and object of which is the 

 complete eradication of bovine tuberculosis from the Territory 

 of Hawaii, a subject which has hitherto met with the unqualified 

 approval and encouragement 'of the members of this Board. I beg 

 to quote the last paragraph of Section Y of the Recommendations 

 of the Sanitary Commission (created under Act of the Legislature 

 of 1911) and which reads: 



"Third — That a heavy fine be imposed upon any person con- 

 victed of selling milk from cows infected with tuberculosis." 



"Finally, especial attention is called to the recommendations of 

 the Milk Commission of 1910 — that the control of milk be taken 

 from the municipality and given to the Territorial Board of Agri- 

 culture in order to secure protection for the whole Territory, — 

 to insure an effective enforcement of regulations governing milk 

 and its source of supply." 



QUARANTINE .STATIONS. 



During the past month the attention of the Board was called 

 to the constant deterioration of fences, posts, gates and feed racks, 

 especially in enclosures where quarantined animals are kept with 

 scant or insufficient food. The two largest enclosures are now in 

 such a condition that animals cannot safely be placed in them. 

 Less tlian a year ago one of these enclosures was entirely recon- 

 structed, having been completely despoiled by mules being left in 

 it without feed for some time. 



As the rules of the Board decree that all expenses in connection 

 with the quarantine of animals must be borne by the owner, and 

 as the owner in this case, in spite of repeated assurances to the 

 contrary, has neglected to repair the damages done by his animals, 

 the matter is respectfully referred to the Board for action. 



For the information of the Board, I would submit that the rules 

 require imported animals to be quarantined on premises "provided 

 by this Board" and that the owner may hold that the amount of 

 feed he wishes to give them concerns nobody but himself ; that idle 

 work animals should be underfed ; that all underfed animals will 

 nibble at posts and boards, and that, consequently, the pens should 

 have been constructed in such a way as to meet these contin- 

 gencies. That the animals in this last case were neglected can be 

 proved, the keeper having telephoned repeatedly for feed to be 

 .sent out and reported the conditions to the owner, but under ordi- 

 nary circumstances it might prove difficult to establish just ivhen 

 the nibbling of a redwood post changes from a condiment to a 



