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be done but to attempt to ease the agony of the victim, which 

 however is a very difficult matter, the nervous suffering being so 

 intense that the ordinary remedies, morphine for instance, are 

 ahnost without effect and chloroform narcosis must be continued 

 until death. 



It therefore becomes manifest that every precaution must be 

 taken to exclude the disease from this Territory and were it left 

 to the writer the (|uarantine period would be extended to six 

 months instead of. as at present, four. The only countries known 

 to be free from rabies are England, Australia and New Zealand, 

 in all of which a six months' cjuarantine is rigidly enforced. The 

 impression voiced in the newspaper article above referred to, in 

 which the said tourist held that the dog in question could have 

 been shipped to Australia first and then returned to Hawaii, there- 

 by avoiding the quarantine (dogs from Australia being admitted 

 to the Territory without quarantine), is therefore based on a mis- 

 apprehension. The dog could not have been landed in Australia 

 without going into quarantine for six months, nor could it have 

 been transhipped at an Australian port and receive the certificate 

 required for entry here which must certify to the length of time 

 a dog has been in Australia. 



On the other hand, it is not desired to ])lacc any unnecessary 

 obstacles in the way of bringing dogs into the Territory, in which 

 connection I wish to state that all the dogs on board the interned 

 German vessels now docked in the harbor of Honolulu, and which 

 have been quarantined on board their respective ships, were re- 

 leased from quarantine la.st week, all the ships having been here 

 more than four months, and all the dogs accessible to examination 

 being found apparently healthy. The same privilege will be 

 granted dogs on board interned vessels anchored outside the har- 

 bor when application for release is made and the dogs presented 

 for examination. 



OU.KRAXTIXE STATION. 



With regard to the small dog hospital to be built at the Hono- 

 lulu station and for which an appropriation was made at the last 

 meeting of the board. I regret to say that the keeper of the sta- 

 tion, Mr. Steward, has been dangerously ill for the past two 

 weeks and was recently taken to the Queen's Hospital for a major 

 operation. He is, however, now on the way to recovery and the 

 work will begin as soon as he is able to resume his duties. 



\'ery respectfully. 



Victor A. Xorgaard, 

 Territorial Veterinarian. 



