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are beiiii;- made by the I^iblic \\'orks Department, and as soon 

 as received tenders may be advertised for. 



In order to enable me to make plans for the Kahidui station 

 it will be necessary for me to see the site ])r()vided for the pnr- 

 ])ose. I would therefore ask the Board to authorize me to go 

 to Kahului on l<Yi(lay. iMarcli 14, on the Lurline and return 

 fin the same boat Sunday. 



Very respectfully. 



N'iCTOR A. XoROAAKl), 



Territorial X'eterinariau. 



REPORT Ol'^ ASSISTANT \1':T1:R1 N A KI AN. 



Dr. Victor A. Xorgaard. Chief of Division of Animal Industry, 

 Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry. 

 Sir: — I beg to submit herewith a report for the month of 

 February : 



Tuberculosis Control. 



Very little has been done in this line during the past month, 

 one cow only being tested and passed entering the dairy of 

 Chas. Lucas, Niu. As the services of Mr. Joseph Richards, 

 until recently City and County milk inspector, are no longer 

 available, this most important work will of necessity be held 

 up until it is definitely ascertained whether or not we are to 

 be supplied with an assistant. 



A ["poplcctifonn Srpiccinis in Cliickciis on }faui. 



This highly fatal and rapidly s])reading disease has made 

 its appearance in this Territory, among the chickens in the 

 Homestead Lands of Haiku, Maui. 



Mr. F. C. Krauss of the College of Hawaii recently received 

 a letter from Miss E. Lindsay, one of the homesteaders of lia- 

 iku, Maui, descril)ing the symptoms she had noticed during 

 the outbreak among her chickens, also sending several speci- 

 mens for examination taken from chickens dead of the disease. 

 The letter together wieh the specimens were forwarded to this 

 Division for examination, diagnosis and report. 



Microscopical examination of tlic tissues revealed a Strepto- 

 coccus in almost i)ure culture. h>om the symptoms as given 

 in the letter together with finding streptococcis in pure culture 

 a diagnosis of Apoplectiform .Sejiticemia was reported and all 

 ])ossil)le information regarding the control rind pri-\t'ntion of 

 the disease and also a l'>. .\. I. circidar written by Xorgaard iv 

 Mohler dealing eNhausti\-ely with this particular disease, was 

 forwarded to .Miss I'",. Lindsa\-. 



