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Rivers of waters today seen, at different seasons, rushing waste- 

 fully over cliff into ocean will be diverted inland to fatten field 

 and pasture. Not only that, but the habitations of men in town, 

 village and country will be lighted, as well as furnished with 

 power for domestic industries, by the agency as yet latent in the 

 wasting floods. 



DIMSION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



Honolulu, Oct. 31, 1913. 



Hon. W. M. Giffard, President and Executive Officer, Board of 

 Agriculture and Forestry. 



Sir : — I have the honor to present herewith a report on the 

 work of the Division of Animal Industry for the month ending" 

 October 31, 1913: 



Bovine Tuberculosis Control. 



With the exception of a part of the cattle on the railroad 

 ranches, comprising about a week's work, the present test is 

 finished and the tabulated results will be presented to the board 

 shortly, in a separate report. 



Glanders. 



Two suspicious cases have occurred during the month, but in 

 neither case has the diagnosis been confirmed. It was neverthe- 

 less decided to submit all stables in Honolulu to a thorough in- 

 spection. This work is more than half finished and has proved 

 satisfactory so far as the sanitation of most of the premises is 

 concerned. Some of the Oriental, and especially Japanese, stables 

 leave much to be desired so far as comfort of the animals go, 

 but are as a rule fairly clean. 



The race horse Sonoma, which the owner wished to ship to 

 California, reacted to the mallein test and is at present at the 

 quarantine station. The animal is a]:)parently in perfect health 

 and a report on her condition has been sent to the federal in- 

 spector in charge of the port of San Francisco in order to obtain 

 his permission before shipment is made, the regulations rec|uiring 

 the mallein test of horses ship])ed into California. 



Hog Cholera. 



Tliis disease seems to have abated to a very great extent, no 

 new outbreaks being reported for the past two weeks, though 

 tuidoubtcdly the infection still lingers in most of the pens where 

 animals have died and where the survivors were vaccinated. No 



