much less study, the milk ordinance before giving expression 

 to such views. Taking his last mentioned statement first, the 

 fact is that there has been a municipal milk inspector since 

 March 21, 1910, the date of the approval of the milk ordinance 

 by the mayor. 



There are ten conditions prescribed in the ordinance for 

 the receiving and holding of permits to sell milk, the breach 

 of any of which renders the licensee liable to forfeiture of his 

 permit. Six of these conditions relate to the quality of the 

 milk and four to the sanitary production thereof. Full au- 

 thority is given to the city and county physician, the inspector 

 and "any other duly authorized officers of the city and county" 

 to take samples of milk offered for sale, with the obvious intent 

 that such samples may be examined to ascertain whether, in 

 the words of the ordinance, the "milk shall be deemed to be 

 impure, adulterated, unhealthful and unwholesome." Now, as 

 matter of fact, the first two milk inspectors serving under the 

 city and county — Mr. Myhre and Mr. Richard — had technical 

 training in the simpler processes of examining milk as to its 

 purity, and this is one of the reasons why the board of agri- 

 culture and forestry desired the reappointment of Air. Richard 

 by the municipal authorities. 



What renders the reported statements of the city and county 

 physician the more extraordinary is the fact that he is the su- 

 preme authority over milk inspection under the ordinance. If 

 lie assumes his functions in this regard to the full extent, 

 hope that milk inspection on the part of the city and county 

 Vxill cease to be a misnomer may be entertained. 



While it is true that the milk ordinance is defective, al- 

 though probably the best enactment that could have been 

 made at the time of its adoption, statements that have been 

 made to the effect that it does not contain provisions for it§ 

 enforcement are scarcely justified. Under its provision for 

 annual registration of licenses to sell milk, dairymen who do 

 not comply with the conditions ])rescribe(l ior ensuring a pure 

 and honest milk supply may be depri^^c<l of their jicrmits. This 

 deprivation need not, indeed, await the jicriod of annual reg- 

 istration, for the ordinance requires weekly reports from the 

 inspector to the physician. In other words, the city and 

 county physician has powers in the ordinance of which he does 

 not appear to have dreamed. 



Dr. Norgaard's appreciative comments dn the Hawaii County 

 Fair and his suggestions regarding future events of the kind. 

 cither in Hawaii or other counties, are worthy of study by all 

 homesteaders, raisers of livestock (including ])oultry) and dairy- 

 men throughout the islands. These classes of producers are 

 happily becoming of such tmmerical strength as to give them a 

 potent voice in dictating ti> tlu' constituted aulliorities measures 



