No. 1. Carcass in fair condition and dressed 298 lbs. A few 

 small semi-calcified nodules were present in the lungs ; one supra- 

 mammary gland showed the presence of small young tubercles ; 

 microscopical examination of smear preparations of the same 

 showed tubercle bacilli. 



No. 2. Carcass in medium condition and dressed 334 lbs. Cal- 

 careous nodules in mediastinal lymph glands and one small nodule 

 containing cheesy pus in the lungs. 



No. 3. Carcass in very good condition and dressed 404 lbs. 

 Retro-pharyngeal lymph gland enlarged to 6 inches in diameter 

 and contained a mass of cheesy, gritty tuberculous material. The 

 lungs were a mass of nodules varying in size from a dime to 3 

 and 4 inches in diameter and in different stages of development. 

 All bronchial and oesophageal glands were affected. 



No. 4. Carcass in poor condition, dressing 288 lbs. One 

 bronchial-oesophageal lymph gland was greatly enlaro'ed and con- 

 tained a mass of cheesy, semi-calcareous tuberculous material. 

 No other lesions were found. 



No. 5. Carcass in good condition, dressing 452 lbs. Retro- 

 pharyngeal gland enlarged to 6 inches in diameter, containing 

 large cavities filled with creamy pus, also small nodules filled with 

 semi-calcareous tuberculous material. The lungs contained nu- 

 merous nodules of different sizes and in varying stages of de- 

 velopment. 



No. 6. Jersey heifer in good condition, the carcass dressing 

 240 lbs. The disease was confined to a few small tuberculous 

 nodules in the retro-pharyngeal glands and large abscesses in the 

 liver. 



No. 7. Holstein heifer in good condition, carcass dressing 320 

 lbs. The disease was confined to four small nodules in the right 

 retro-pharyngeal lymph gland. 



Thorough disinfection of the stable and premises was effected ; 

 it was also recommended that the use of the old barn and stables 

 be discontinued and a new one erected in its place. The owners 

 were also strongly urged to have the remaining animals re- 

 tested at the end of three months as undoubtedly others are in- 

 fected as all had been exposed to the disease for some time. 



Importations of Live Stock. 



Dec. 2 — S. S. Honolulan, San Francisco : 1 Berkshire boar^ 

 F. G. Krauss. This boar was imported by Prof. Krauss of the 

 College of Hawaii for breeding purposes and is to be used both 

 at the College and at his Haiku homestead, Maui. Owing to the 

 absence of health certificates the animal was held under observa- 

 tion for two weeks at the quarantine station and before leaving 

 was rendered immune by a suitable dose of anti-hog cholera 

 serum. 30 crates poultry of mixed breeds. 



Dec. 3 — S. S. Manchuria, San Francisco : 3 white French 

 poodles, C. C. von Hamm. 



