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— it would seem that a saving of at least $50.00 per month for 

 each Board would be welcomed under the present financial strin- 

 gency, while duplication of work and, more than everything else, 

 the increased cost of transportation be avoided. 



ANIMAL QUARANTINE STATION. 



I beg to transmit herewith plans and specifications for an ani- 

 mal shelter and hospital house such as has been contemplated ever 

 since the endemic of last year, which resulted in the loss of 

 nearly a dozen quarantined dogs. The inclement weather of the 

 past month has made it imperative that such a house be provided 

 for the protection and care of sick, delicate or otherwise suscep- 

 tible animals, as well as for the safeguarfling of valuable dogs 

 during the night. The estimated cost of this house, with lock- 

 ers for eight small clogs and five medium sized dogs, would 

 amount to about $200 exclusive of labor. It is however thought 

 that the keeper and his assistant will be able to erect the house 

 when there is nothing else to do, the same as they built the liv- 

 ing rooms that were added to the keeper's cottage last year, es- 

 pecially so long as the lockers are made up at the planing mill. 



On Dec. 30th, at 1 :30 a. m., a whirlwind passed through the 

 central part of the station, demolishing one of the largest feed 

 and shelter racks and uprooting some algaroba trees ( see pictures 

 appended). Had this "twister" passed through the dog en- 

 closure considerable damage would undoubtedly have resulted, 

 both to buildings and animals. As it was several dozen cor- 

 rugated iron sheets were torn from the rafters and purline and 

 scattered all over the station, some of the sheets being recovered 

 from the Ala Moana Road, where they barely missed injuring 

 belated soldiers returning to Fort De Russy, while others were 

 carried clear beyond the beach. These twisted sheets have been 

 straightened and can nearly all be used again. The total damage 

 is estimated at $8.00 for lumber and lead liead spikes and two 

 or three sheets of iron. 



Respect fully submitted. 



\'lCT()K A. XoKCAARl). 



Terrilorial W-tcrinarian. 



KKI'OKI" Ol" .XSStSTAXT Xl'.Tl.K I X AKI A X. 



TTonoUilu, I )i'ccnibci- M. 1''14. 



Dr. V. A. Xorgaard. Chief of Hixision of Animal Imlu^try. 



Sir: — 1 have llic honor to submit herewith m\- re])<>rt lor De- 

 cember. l'M4, as follows: 



