reach the consumers in the city or coiinty, a condition which should 

 be extended to the entire Territory. In any case it is about time 

 that the fourth annual test should be begun in order that the few 

 remaining- infected animals may be apprehended before they have 

 a chance to again distribute the disease to other animals. In this 

 connection I have closely followed the work being done in other 

 States and especially in California, where there is now a strong 

 tendency to revert to the physical examination method, as prac- 

 ticed in Germany, and to resort to the tuberculin test only when 

 the bacteriological examination of the milk shows the presence of 

 the tubercule bacillus. In this matter California has proven her- 

 self years behind many of the other States, and the obvious result, 

 that is, the constant spread and increase of the disease, must be- 

 come apparent in a very short time. Without the constant and 

 conscientious application of the tuberculin test, and the elimina- 

 tion of all infected (reacting) animals from the dairy herds, tu- 

 berculosis, human as well as bovine, will persist and will continue 

 to ta-ke its toll of human lives, especially of children w^hose prin- 

 cipal food consists of milk. This fact is so incontrovertibly dem- 

 onstrated and has so often been presented in these reports that 

 it should not be necessary again to urge the necessity for con- 

 tinuing the work which has already given such great results. A 

 glance at the table prepared by Dr. Case will show the preponder- 

 ance of clean dairies, and this, in connection with the splendid 

 work done by the Dairymen's Association, should be sufficient 

 incentive to forge ahead and rid the dairy herds of this county at 

 least of the last trace of infection, and then see to it that no new 

 infection gains entrance, either from the other counties or from 

 abroad. To continue this work, however, this Division must have 

 another assistant (former municipal Milk Inspector Joe Richards 

 is recommended), and the subject is brought up here because a 

 number of the dairy owners in Honolulu are daily asking when 

 the next test is going to be made. Many of the milk producers 

 who are earnest in their endeavors to furnish clean milk are 

 anxious to know whether their herds are still clean or whether 

 the insidious infection may have returned since their animals vv^ere 

 last tested. With the use of 4:he automobile many of these cases 

 could be attended to especially if the assistant above referred to 

 were appointed, but without it nothing can be done. The daily 

 and prolonged visit to the Quarantine Station requires the use 

 of the horse and buggy, while the attention to incoming steamers 

 and the inspection of imported stock must be done by means of 

 street cars and hacks. As the machine is now in perfect shape 

 except for a few minor repairs (speedometer, $5, and new fenders, 

 $38 — not absolutely necessary at the present time). I am informed 

 that it can be used for some months at the actual cost of gasoline 

 and oil. I would therefore recommend that the machine be re- 

 turned to the Division for such work as it is deemed advisable 

 not to postpone any longer than absolutely necessary. 



