326 



Taro ^^43 bags. 



Vegetables 352 packages. 



Plants 207 "^ 



Fruits 23 



Total inspected 1116 packages. 



Seven packages of plants and three packages of fruit were seiz- 

 ed and refused shipment on account of infestation and undesir- 

 able soil. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. M. Ehrhorn, 

 Chief, Division of Plant Inspection. 



Division of Animal Industry 



Honolulu, November 9, 1917. 



Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit herewith my report 

 on the work of the Division for the month of October : 



TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL. 



Tested. Passed. Condemned. 



C. H. Bellina 230 173 57 



C. H. Bellina 72 58 14 



C. H. Bellina 19 10 9 



C. M. Cooke 9 9 



L. Hoon Chan 2 2 



L. Hoon Chan 1 1 



Waimanalo Plantation.. 133 132 1 



K. Helau 8 8 



Waialae Dairy 479 372 107 



The above list shows a total of 953 head tested out of which 

 number 765 were passed and tagged and 188 condemned and 

 branded. 



Of the above condemned animals 187 have been appraised and 

 slaughtered under the provisions of Act 121 of the 1917 Session 

 Laws which provides for the compensation of owners of con- 

 demned tuberculosis animals. 



The number of condemned animals was considerably in excess 

 of what was anticipated but considering the high percentage of 

 tuberculosis present from the beginning in the two dairies con- 

 cerned and that more than a year has passed since the last test, 

 a large number of diseased cattle should have been expected. 



The influence of the Compensation Act is already making it- 



