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be proved upon post-mortem examination to be affected with the dis- 

 ease. 



Reports of Deputies, 



From Hawaii, Dr. Elliot reports the arrival of a considerable number 

 of registered Hereford and Holstein cattle, principally for the Kapa- 

 pala Eanch^ Pahala and Hutchinson Sugar Plantation. A severe out- 

 break of gastro-enteritis occurred among some of these cattle while at 

 the quarantine station, due probably to musty hay which arrived with 

 the cattle and which may have been exposed to dampness on board 

 the steamer. Four valuable animals were nearly lost and one mule 

 fed on the same hay died. 



Dr. Elliot is gradually rebuilding the Hilo quarantine station, sub- 

 stituting concrete for redwood posts, and installing a new water supply. 

 The prolonged drouth had caused all the tanks to go dry, leaving the 

 station useless for quarantine purposes. 



From Kohala, Dr. Kowat reports a case of glanders in a plantation 

 stable where the disease has not been known for years. He requests 

 my assista.nce with a view to a thorough examination of all horse stock 

 in the Kohala district and the mallein testing of all animals in a num- 

 ber of stables for the purpose of locating a possible "carrier" which 

 he has long suspected the presence of. 



Dr. Kowat has resumed tuberculin testing in Kona. With an official 

 district extending over more than one hundred miles — from Kohala to 

 Kau — and side trips off the belt road aggregating an equal distance, 

 on miserable roads, with tires, oil and gasoline advanced from 50 to 

 100 per cent, Dr. Eowat states he cannot afford to supply his own 

 car at ten cents per mile, the pay hitherto allowed him. The oppor- 

 tunity for private practice in this district is the poorest in the Ter- 

 ritory, there being but one sugar plantation between Kohala and Kau. 

 A substantial increase in Dr. Eowat 's remuneration for official work 

 is recommended. He supplies his own car, and the withdrawal of his 

 services would embarrass this office and render the tuberculosis eradica- 

 tion act ineffective in a large district. 



From Maui, Dr. Fitzgerald reports progress in the control of infec- 

 tious abortion by means of the vaccines and bacterins supplied by this 

 office. The same applies to a quite extensive outbreak of influenza 

 (infectious catarrhal fever) among the plantation work animals, which 

 are being successfully treated with influenza bacterins. 



From Kauai, Dr. Grolding reports that swine plague has become en- 

 demic in the Lihue district. He has been supplied with the requisite 

 remedies for control of this outbreak. 



Very respectfully, 



YICTOE A. NOEGAAED, 



Territorial Veterinarian. 



EEPOET OF THE TEEEITOEIAL VETEEIXAEIAX, SEPTEMBEE, 



1920. 



October 13th, 1920. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H. 



Gentlemen: — I beg to submit herewith my report on the work of the 

 Division of Animal Industry for the month of September, 1920: 



