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at one time — a condition that no contractor could put up with — 

 while by day labor I can employ the men on other work while the 

 concrete is hardening. 



IIILO QUARANTINE S'l'ATION. 



While the final contract and bond has not been received fr(jni 

 Dr. I'dliot as yet, the president of the Board, who has just re- 

 turned from Hilo, has informed me that arrangements have been 

 made for the construction of the station and that work will l)e 

 commenced without delay. When received these papers should 

 be filed with the Auditor of the Territory without delay so as to 

 enable him to make llie re(]uisite disbursements. 



KAHULUI QUARANTINE .STATION. 



I regret to re])ort that to this date I have not succeeded in 

 reaching a satisfactory arrangement for the building of this sta- 

 tion, the appended correspondence showing the present state of 

 the negotiations. As will be seen, the delay is due to the threat- 

 ened tariff revision, but in case the managers of plantations and 

 ranches most interested in the building of the station should 

 refuse to undertake its construction, it will become necessary to 

 have the work done by some contractor, and to reduce the size 

 of the station sufficiently to allow for his profit and at the same 

 time keep within the limits of the ai)i)ropriation. I have today 

 written Dr. Fitzgerald to take this matter up without delay, stat- 

 ing that the Board expects him to give his time and services to 

 the same without stint. 



TUIJKUCULO.SLS CONTROL WORK. 



During the past few weeks this f^ffice has received from the 

 Board of Supervisors a number of a])plications for the testing of 

 dairy cows for tuberculosis, as rcfjuired by the regulations of that 

 Board. The animal test of all dairy cattle in this county should 

 not be postponed any longer than is absolutely necessary, owing 

 to the constant flanger of the disease spreading where any cases 

 may have been left or have develo])ed since the last test. It is 

 therefore respectfully recommended that this division be allowed 

 $100 for the month of June, for the em])loyment of a lay in- 

 spector to assist in this work, so that the annual test may be started 

 on June 1 instead of Julv 1. This work will also ref|uire the 

 comi)lete overhauling of the automobile, which needs a new set 

 of fenders as well as to be painted and varnished. 



r.r^AXDF.R.S. 



T regret to report that I )r. I'.lini iia^ fnnnd two cases of glan- 

 ders in a ])lantation stable near I lilo. I'",\c'ry ]»rccautinn wa-^ taken 



