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 DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



Honolulu, Oct. 29, 1912. 



Hon. \V. M. Giffard, President and Executive Officer, and Mem- 

 bers of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, 

 T. H. 



Gentlemen : — I beg to report on the work of the Division of 

 Animal Industry for the month of October, 1912, as follows: 



Animal Quarantine. 



Pursuant to instructions received by the President of this 

 Board after the last monthly meeting, in regard to the admission 

 of performing animals subject to quarantine under the rules and 

 regulations of the Board, a circular letter, dated October 22, 

 1912, was sent to all theatres and amusement agencies in Hono- 

 lulu informing them as per the appended copy, that henceforth 

 all such animals would have to undergo the regular quarantine, 

 the same as other animals for whatever purpose imported. 



A few days before this letter was sent out there arrived in 

 Honolulu three performing Shetland ponies which, at a special 

 meeting of the Committee on Animal Industry, were allov^^ed to 

 be quarantined in a shed provided for the purpose at the rear of 

 the Liberty Theatre. The quarantine on these animals will expire 

 on October 29, 1912, and there will consequently be no cause for 

 action of the Board on an application for permission to exhibit the 

 ponies at Kahului and Hilo, and the agents have been so in- 

 formed. 



With the receipt of General INIacomb's acknowledgment of 

 the letter informing him that no further special permit to 

 quarantine dogs belonging to the military authorities outside 

 of the Territorial Aninial Quarantine Station would be granted, 

 this subject may be considered as definitely disposed of. 



Honolulu Quarantine Station. 



For the display of the rules governing the actions of visitors 

 and owners of quarantined animals, as approved by the Board, a 

 glass fronted case has been ordered and will be placed at the main 

 entrance to the station. Below this case a push button, connect- 

 ing with an electric bell, will be placed, so that the keejuM- may 

 be summoned to admit visitors and others calling on business out- 

 side the regular visiting hours. During these hours, 10:00 to 

 12:00 a. m. and 2:00 to 4:00 p. m., the main entrance will be kept 

 open and the keeper be in attendance, while at all other times 

 the station will remain closed except for the admission or dis- 

 charge of animals, so that the keeper may give his full tunc to the 

 care and keep of the station and the animals. 



