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past week or ten days, and which has required two visits so far. 

 The fact that it is intended to announce in this biennial report a 

 new and simple method for testing horse stock for glanders has 

 necessitated the examination of hundreds of pamphlets and pe- 

 riodicals in order to be sure that the same is original. The re- 

 port of the Deputy Territorial Veterinarian at Hilo has been re- 

 ceived and the two other ones are expected to arrive shortly. 



REPORTS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



The monthly report of the Assistant Territorial Veterinarian is 

 appended herewith, together with copies of_^a number of letters 

 written or received from the Deputies on the other Islands and 

 pertaining especially to the extension of the tuberculosis control 

 work to their districts. 



Respectfully submitted, 



V^ICTOR A. NORGAARD, 



Territorial Veterinarian. 



REPORT OF ASSISTANT VETERINARIAN. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, January 9, 1913. 



Dr. V. A. NoRGAARD, Chief Territorial \>terinarian, Honolulu, 

 T. H. 



Sir: — I have the honor to submit the following report for the 

 month of December, 1912: 



Tuberculosis Control. 



Thirty-nine cows, 12 heifers and 4 bulls constituting Mrs. Isen- 

 berg's dairy at Waialae were submitted to the intradermal tuber- 

 culin test with the result that one was condemned out of a total of 

 55 head. The condemned cow had been purchased from P. M. 

 Pond some time previous and at the time of purchase had suc- 

 cessfully passed the test. The animal was at once removed from 

 the herd and sent to slaughter and the stall carefully disinfected. 

 After a period of three or four months this herd should again 

 be submitted to the test and should then show a clean record. 



In my report for the month of November I made the state- 

 ment that the cow condemned in the dairy of H. B. Brown came 

 from the Swanzy ranch at Kualoa ; this is an error due to con- 

 fusing brand marks, and I take this opportunity to rectify it. The 

 animal in question was purchased from a Chinaman who keeps 

 a small herd at Kalae and was not purchased from Mr. Swanzy's 

 ranch. 



