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"In the first complete testing of the district cattle a total of 

 1701 cattle were tested, of which 321, or 18.37 per cent., were 

 tuberculous. A systematic retesting has reduced the percentage 

 to 1.29, and in the meantime the testing of cattle entering from 

 other states has prevented the introduction of diseased animals." 



And in another place we read : 



"These tests were applied only to cattle whose owners signed 

 an agreement with the Bureau providing for the slaughter or 

 effective quarantine of reactors, the tuberculin testing of animals 

 added to the herd, the disinfection of infected premises, and the 

 observation of proper sanitary measures. This work has grown 

 in popularity until in 1912 cattle tested numbered 8433, of which 

 769 were reactors or suspects. The percentage of tuberculosis 

 now being found by retests in this territory has thus far been 

 reduced to 2.30 per cent." 



As compared with these results it must be granted that the re- 

 duction in number of infected herds in the City and County of 

 Honolulu from more than 90 per cent, to less than 2 per cent., 

 and of infected animals from 23.98 per cent, to 2.5 per cent., is 

 very creditable, especially when it is considered that the District 

 of Columbia work was performed under ideal conditions, not less 

 than six veterinarians being employed in the testing and the own- 

 ers being indemnified to within twelve dollars of the appraised 

 value of the reacting animals. The cost to the Bureau of the 

 first test alone, occupying a period of a little more than four 

 months, amounted to $9270.05, divided as follows: 



Salaries $3275.00 



Travel 615.48 



Hypodermic syringes, etc 95.01 



Total expenses, testing and tagging $3985.49 



Cost to Bureau of reimbursing owners 4264.02 



Salaries and traveling expenses in connection with disin- 

 fection of premises 1020.54 



Total expenses to Bureau $9270.05 



Leaving out the cost of indemnifying the owners we find that 

 the testing of 1701 animals on 356 premises, of which 319 cattle 

 were found to react, on 102 premises, all of which were disin- 

 fected, the cost of the work done amounts to $5006.03 or very 

 closely to $3 per head. These are, as stated, the figures obtained 

 from the Year Book of the Department of Agriculture for the 

 years 1910 and 1912. Let us compare them with the approxi- 

 mate figures for testing the dairy herds in the City and County 

 of Honolulu for the period of 1910-1913, inclusive. 



To determine exactly what part of the official working hours 

 and, conseqviently, what part of the salaries of the officers and. 

 employees of the Division of Animal Industry of the Board should 



