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form of the disease, and in view of the Hmited number of hogs in 

 the Islands the cost of manufacturing" the serum here would no 

 doubt prove exorbitant. 



Special inquiries in regard to the prevalence of this disease on 

 the other islands have been directed to the deputies of this office, 

 but from the replies received it would appear that the present 

 outbreak is confined to the Island of Oahu. It is therefore recom- 

 mended that a regulation be promulgated at once prohibiting the 

 shipment of hogs from Oahu to any of the other islands, tempo- 

 rarily. If this is approved by the Board, I would respectfully 

 recommend that the appended Rule be acted upon at once. As 

 the disease seems to have spread over the entire Island of Oahu, 

 even as far as Waimea and Kahuku, it does not seem possible that 

 anything can be accomplished by regulations prohibiting the 

 transfer, interchange or shipping of hogs from one port of this 

 island to another. On the other hand, it would be advisable to 

 call the attention of the Board of Health and the Board of Super- 

 visors to the fact that hog cholera is prevalent and that the re- 

 spective Boards take steps to protect the public against the mar- 

 keting and consumption of pork from hogs which have not passed 

 a rigid ante, as well as post-mortem, inspection, such as is re- 

 quired by the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry. These regu- 

 lations are plain and to the point, without being onerous, and as 

 it was intimated to me only yesterday that pork had been offered 

 for sale at ridiculously low prices, it is safe to conclude that such 

 pork originated from pigs that had died from cholera. The dis- 

 ease is, however, not transmissible to human beings, nor to any 

 of the other domesticated animals, for which reason the federal 

 regulations permit the marketing of hogs exposed to the infec- 

 tion and allow the consumption of the pork so long as the animals 

 have not developed the disease to such an advanced degree as to 

 affect the wholesomeness of the pork. 



"Territory of Hawaii, Board of Agriculture and Forestry, Divi- 

 sion of Animal Industry. 



"Rule VII : Prohibiting the shipment, transfer or exchange of 

 hogs from the Island of Oahu to any other island of the Territory 

 of Hawaii. 



"It having come to the notice of this l^oard that a disease kncnvn 

 as hog cholera or swine plague is prevalenl among ihr hogs on 

 the Island of Oahu, it is hereby ordered : 



"Section 1. Until further notice no bogs (of whatsoever age, 

 breed, or description) shall be shi])i)ed. carried or transferred 

 from the Island of Oahu to any other island of the Territory of 

 Hawaii. 



"Section 2. 'I'liis onkr shall take effect upon its ai)proval I)y 

 the Governor." 



