DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 
Honolulu, October 9, 1911. 
Hon. C. S. Judd, President and Executive Officer, Board of Agri- 
culture and Forestry. 
Sir: — I have the honor to submit herewith my report on the 
work of the Division of Animal Industry since the meeting of 
the Board on August 7, 1911, with special reference to my attend- 
ing the annual meeting of the American Veterinary Medical As- 
sociation, at Toronto, Canada, Aug. 22nd to 26th, as authorized 
and provided for by the Board at the said previous meeting. Ap- 
pended herewith you will also find the report of the assistant terri- 
torial veterinarian pertaining to the routine and other work of 
the Division as performed by him during my absence. 
Visit to San Francisco. 
Pursuant to instructions and authorization as specified in the 
minutes of the meeting of this Board on August 7, 1911, I pro- 
ceeded on that day from Honolulu to San Francisco per S. S. 
Mongolia, arriving at the latter place on August 13th. This early 
departure became necessary as there was no other steamer leav- 
ing Honolulu which would have enabled me to reach the place 
of meeting at the specified date, whether via San Francisco or 
Vancouver. There being, however, many subjects to be discussed 
with the Bureau of Animal Industry inspector for the port of San 
Francisco, the spare days in that city were by no means wasted, 
and the most important subject — the exportation of live stock from 
the States to this Territory — was thoroughly gone into. As a 
result it is my most pleasant duty to report and acknowledge the 
unfailing courtesy and the absolute sacrifice of time and con- 
venience constantly extended and cheerfully conceded by Dr. Geo. 
S. Baker, inspector in charge. Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. 
Department of Agriculture, not alone during my stay in San Fran- 
cisco, both going and coming, but likewise through the more than 
five years, during which time we have been in constant communi- 
cation as the guardians of the health of all livestock coming from 
the mainland of the United States to the Territory of Hawaii, at 
our respective ends of the line of shipment. I cannot emphasize 
strongly enough that it is due principally to Dr. Baker's untiring 
efforts and absolute disregard of office hours and convenience, 
and not his own alone, but that of his entire force, which has 
changed the Hawaiian Islands, as far as livestock shipments are 
concerned, from being the dumping grounds for glandered horses, 
tuberculous cattle, cholera hogs and scabby sheep, to being the 
only absolutely protected part or district of the United States, 
