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small tree which grows wild in almost inexhaustible (juantities 

 over the arid regions of the peninsula of (joajira. The product 

 is collected by the native Indians, part being taken to Rio Hach.a 

 and part to IMaracaibo in Venezuela, whence it has hitherto been 

 taken in sailing ships to Curagao and thence to Hamburg, which 

 is the distributing center for the rest of Europe. The bulk is 

 disposed of in Russia. 



"Up to 1895, all the divi-divi was shipped to the United King- 

 dom, but the trade was then diverted to Germany, owing to the 

 greater facilities offered by German commission houses, mainly 

 in the direction of financial accommodation, and cheap ware- 

 housing. 



"Divi-divi is usually shipped loose, but it is not difificuU to 

 reduce the bulk by compressing it into bales ; in this form the 

 freight is reduced by about one-half, and the product also fetches 

 a higher price. 



"In regard to the volume of business to be done, the follow- 

 ing figures will be of interest. Official data from the custom 

 house at Rio Hacha give the export for the last five years as 

 2075 tons in 1909, 3895 tons in 1910, 5997 tons in 1911. 1246 

 tons in 1912, and 2078 tons in 1913. The price varies between 

 $40 and $50 per ton, and the freight between $5.50 and $10.40. 



"In addition to shipments from Rio Hacha, a very consider- 

 ably amount finds its way to Curagao direct from the Goajira 

 coast-line by coasting steamers, and shipments are made from 

 Maracaibo about equal in volume to those from Rio Macha."' 



In his reference to hog cholera, in his March report. Dr. Nor- 

 gaard offers a caution against the "serum simultaneous method" 

 — which he explains — as carrying danger of infection and unjus- 

 tifiable except in the event that a virulent form of the malady 

 should appear and spread to many herds. Ilappilv. the report 

 shows that hog cholera at the time of writing was well uiivler 

 control in the Territory. 



It would appear from the veterinarian's report that little iucd 

 be feared from ccrebro spinal meningitis among ccjuine stock in 

 these islands if the advice of the division resi)c'cling feed l)c 

 followed. 



That bovine tuberculosis control will not be allowed to la|->se. 

 after the grand record that has been made since it was started 

 five years ago, may 1)C gathered from Dr. Norgaard's statement 

 in his report in this number, taken in connection with mimicipal 

 assurances. Cattle testing, according to this, will still \)v done 

 for "dairymen and cattle owners who ap])ly for the test." There- 

 fore, if the virtual i)ledge given by the cliairman of tiie sanita- 

 tion committee of llic bo.-nd of supci-visors. ih.it llu' milk ordi- 



