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continent, the chairman of whicli is the \'eterinary Director Gen- 
eral of Canada, will be received, and will undoubtedly contain the 
most advanced recommendations as based on this committee's 
investigations for the past two years. The tuberculosis control 
work, as carried on here, has been based almost entirely upon, the 
findings of this committee as reported on at the last meeting of 
the American \^eterinary Medical Association in San Francisco 
in September of last year, and it will therefore be of great interest 
to learn what this same committee has to recommend at the present 
meeting. 
That we have advanced beyond their last recommendations in 
employing the intradermal test, and doing so successfully, may 
prove of interest to both veterinarians and state sanitary officials 
attending this meeting in Toronto, as I am of the opinion that 
bovine tuberculosis cannot possibly be fought with the old sub- 
cutaneous test, however reliable it may be, not alone on account 
of it being cumbersome and expensive, but because it can be ap- 
plied only to 50 per cent, to 75 per cent, of the animals of a 
dairy herd at one time. Since last year's meeting when the 
practical application of the intradermal test was first brought to 
the attention of the American veterinarians I have failed to see a 
single article or publication pertaining to this very important sub- 
ject, and I cannot help but feel that important disclosures are 
awaiting the attendants of the coming meeting. 
Beyond the subject of tuberculosis there are a number of other 
themes of interest to this Territory to be discussed, as for 
instance redwater in cattle. This disease causes considerable 
loss on Maui and Hawaii ranches every year, and as none of the 
text books mention the disease it will be of interest to learn if 
any means of combating it has been arrived at in the countries 
(Canada and Australia) where the same, or similar, diseases 
have occurred. Glanders, also, comes in for considerable atten- 
tion and various new methods of diagnosis will be reported on. 
That this division has an absolutely new method for this pur- 
pose, which looks very promising in all of its simplicity, may, 
when reported on, elicit information which may simplify or 
obviate further investigations. Live stock sanitary control work, 
rules and regulations pertaining to the interstate shipment of 
live stock, and the suppression or eradication of external and 
internal parasites by natural enemies, are other subjects on which 
early information can only be of benefit to the live stock interests 
of this Territory. 
In connection with this application for permission to attend 
the said meeting I have to state that unless subsidized by the 
Board my financial status would not allow of my going. I would 
therefore respectfully request that in case favorable action on 
the same is taken a suitable sum be appropriated for traveling 
expenses and subsistence, out of the funds apportioned for the 
