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until they can hardly be called range horses any longer ; and, as a 

 steadily increasing percentage shows all the qualities and marks of 

 high breeding seen in the blue grass regions of the States, it is 

 obvious that they cannot be sold at the figures which prevailed five 

 to ten years ago. As regards the health of the horse stock it 

 must be said to have never been better. A few scattered cases 

 of spinal meningitis— so-called — have occurred, on Maui and Mo- 

 lokai principally, but beyond these there has not been one out- 

 break of infectious or contagious disease worth mentioning. Two 

 cases of suspected glanders in the same stable were reported from 

 Hawaii, but as this was in a neighborhood where glanders had 

 not occurred for many years, and quite isolated, it is more likely 

 to have been epizootic lymphangitis. 



IMPORTATIOXS OF LIVE STOCK. 



The following numbers of difl^erent classes of live stock have 

 •been received through the ports of Honolulu and Hilo during the 

 past year : 



Honolulu Hilo 



Horses 550 6 



Mules 710 6 



Cattle 93 42 



Sheep 2 42 



Swine 227 11 



Dogs and cats 75 11 



Poultry ( crates ) 1330 127 



From the above table it will be seen that by far the greater 

 number of live stock enters the Territory through the port of 

 Honolulu. Direct importations to the Island of Maui are included 

 in the Honolulu record, since they all arrive here first and are 

 inspected before being passed on to Maui, for quarantine or 

 otherwise. 



Of the 1200 to 1300 head of horse stock which arrived here 

 during the year by far the greater part, that is, more than one 

 thousand, were for military purposes. Of the remaining number 

 most were draft horses of medium quality, and finally a number 

 of stallions and mares for breeding purposes. Among these must 

 be mentioned an importation of six black Percheron stallions and 

 mares for the Parker Ranch, which undoubtedly will put their 

 mark on many of the coming generations of heavy draft horses 

 for which this ranch is so justly noted. 



Among the cattle imported must be mentioned a bunch of five 

 "Dutch Belted" cattle, the first seen here of that breed, and which 

 were purchased by Mrs. B. M. Allen at the California State Fair, 

 where they were prize winners. There also arrived a number of 

 good bulls of the beef breeds but not by far as many as the Ter- 

 ritory needs. Quite a number of the larger ranch owners are 



