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But at no time after an animal has once become infected with 

 tuberculosis do the tissues lose entirely their sensitiveness and 

 thus show an immunity to the injection of tuberculin. Through 

 their fight against the invasion of the disease they have become 

 permanently altered ; they are no longer the normal tissues they 

 were before, but continue to show increased or decreased suscep- 

 tibility to the injection of small doses of tuberculin. 



I.MPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK. 



May -I — Sierra, San Francisco : 9 crates poultry. 



]\Iay 3 — Lurline, San Francisco : 18 crates poultry ; 2 crates 

 rabbits. 1 crate white mice, U. S. L. Ex. Station. 



Alay 7 — Hyades. Seattle : 4 crates poultry. 



Alay 12 — Wilhelmina, San Francisco: 16 crates poultry; 1 

 dog, E. Kilbourne. 



May 15 — Hongkong ]\laru. Orient: 2 crates black Minorcas, 

 K. Machido. 



]\Iay 18 — Sonoma, San Francisco: 21 crates poultry. 



May 19 — Manoa, San Francisco: 1 horse, A. Schnerr ; 6 hogs, 

 J. W. Manning, Kahului ; 1 crate chickens, H. C. & S. Co.. Kahu- 

 lui ; 40 crates poultry. 



May 2S — Hilonian, Seattle : 11 mules, Schuman Carriage Com- 

 pany. 



May 26 — Alatsonia, San Francisco : 24 crates pouhry ; 1 dog, 

 W. F. X. Company. 



Respectfully, 

 L. N. Case, 

 Assistant Territorial Veterinarian. 



DRTSIOX OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



Honoluki, ^lay 31, 1914. 

 Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry. 



Gentlemen : — I respectfully submit my report of the work per- 

 formed by the Division of Entomology for the month of May, 

 1914, as follows: 



During the month 37 vessels arrived at the port of Honolulu, 

 of which 25 carried vegetable matter and one vessel molding sand. 



Disposal. Lots. Parcels. 



Passed as free from pests 840 14,188 



Fumigated 4 64 



Burned 22 23 



Returned 1 1 



Total inspected 867 14,276 



