chased or brought in for a long" time. Every precaution has been 

 taken to prevent its further spread and, as tlie cases which have 

 come under observation seem to be of a mild form and only a 

 few have died, the outbreak does not seem to call for any action 

 from this office. Explicit instructions have been sent to Doctor 

 Elliot, who is fully capable of dealing with the situation. 



The outbreak on Kauai has, according to Doctor Glaisyer, sub- 

 sided, while the suspected outbreak in a large piggery near Wa- 

 hiawa as reported on two months ago failed to materialize. Last 

 week, however, the owner of the establishment reported that one 

 large sow had died and two more were sick. The place was 

 visited and a post mortem held which failed to show definite 

 symptoms indicative of hog cholera, while pneumonia appeared 

 to be the undeniable cause of death. Neither do the two sick 

 hogs appear to be suffering from this disease, for which reason 

 the immunization of the herd with serum was postponed to await 

 the outcome of these cases. Unfortunately it cannot be definitely 

 ascertained whether the disease has ever been in the herd even 

 though a large number of hogs is said to have died during 1912. 

 If these deaths were due to cholera there would be no great cause 

 for alarm, but if not the appearance of the disease would un- 

 doubtedly result in great loss. For this reason everything is held 

 in readiness for speedy action, but as the cost of immunizing this 

 large herd, will amount to several hundred dollars it was felt 

 requisite that the diagnosis be definitely established first, even 

 though the delay may result in the loss of a number of hogs. 



Mr. Sheba, editor of the Hawaii Shinpo, informs me that hog 

 cholera has again made its appearance in the Moiliili District, 

 where it will be remembered the present epidemic made its first 

 appearance and where it is said more than 1000 hogs died, in 

 fact every hog in the district, before the fact was reported to this 

 office. In an article on hog cholera published in the Hawaii 

 Shinpo two months ago, it was urgently advised that no hogs 

 be brought into this district or into any pens or sites where hogs 

 had died from cholera without first being serum-immunized or 

 else until at least six months had passed since the last death. 

 This warning has not been heeded with the result that the disease 

 has again broken out. 



These enterprising hog raisers, all Orientals, are now looking 

 for a tract of land where no hogs have been kept before, but if 

 they continue along the same lines as hitherto, disregarding the 

 advice and declining the assistance of this office, it will be but 

 a short time before they will have the disease transmitted to the 

 new place and possibly infect other places in the neighborhood 

 (it was in Kalihi they wxre inquiring for land). It would there- 

 fore be well for them to realize that the sooner they adopt radical 

 measures the smaller their loss will be, even though the initial 

 cost of the serum treatment — two to three dollars per head of 

 large hogs — does seem almost prohibitive. Mr. Sheba has kindly 



