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tion of tuberculin or mallein without authority from this Board, 

 — the indemnification of owners of glandered horses who vol- 

 untarily report such cases to the Board — and obtaining permit 

 of entrance to the Territory for animals by fraudulent means. 

 I also beg to submit draft of a bill forbidding the turning out 

 in pastures or on public highways of animals affected with or 

 suspected of contagious or infectious diseases, as well as a 

 copy of the San Francico law^ pertaining to cruelty to animals. 



Oiiaranfiiic Sfofions. 



A final visit to the site of the Hilo Quarantine Station was 

 made during my recent trip to Hawaii w^hen, in conjunction 

 with Ur. Elliot, the final plans and arrangements were decid- 

 ed upon, as per accompanying sketch. As I am instructed that 

 tenders must be asked for covering the entire construction of 

 the station, it will be necessary to have a few blue prints made, 

 but otherwise I believe that my plans and specifications may be 

 used without a costly redrafting of the same. After consulta- 

 tion with Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Forbes we have decided to 

 recommend that the water supph^ of the station be obtained 

 from a 10,000 gallon tank to be fed from the galvanized iron 

 roofs of the sheds, the largest of which has a surface of 20,000 

 square feet. In comparison with a pipe line of 800 to 1000 

 feet this will mean a considerable saving. 



I have also consulted Dr. Fitzgerald and submitted for his 

 approval the plan for the Kahului station, as herewith append- 

 ed, and which he says will be ample for all purposes, but until 

 I have seen the site I cannot judge as to whether it can be 

 built for the money allotted. 



In regard to the Honolulu station a separate communication 

 pertaining to the enlargement of the dog section is already in 

 your hands. Estimates for concrete posts for the repair of 

 the horse and mule pens have been asked for, but labor seems 

 to be extremely scarce. These estimates are now on hand, but 

 the price makes it impossible to even consider them. An or- 

 dinary 7' concrete post, 4"x4" at the top and 4"x6" at the bot- 

 tom, corrugated on the two divergent sides, with four rein- 

 forcements of J4" round iron, is estimated at $1.25. whereas 

 6"x6" corner posts would cost anywhere from $2.50 to $4.00 

 according to their dimensions. When to this is added freight 

 from Honolulu to Hilo the cost would exceed the available ap- 

 propriation. These posts may how^ever be made in Hilo and 

 provision wdll be made in the specification, so that tenders for 

 construction with either redwood posts or concrete posts may 

 l:)e submitted. 



The plans and specifications are now* finished and blue prints 



