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and  which  belonged  to  one  Japanese  by  the  name  of  Nomura 
of  the  Hawaiian  Ballast  Company.  The  animal  was  taken  to 
the  quarantine  station  at  Kalihi  and  destroyed.  It  was  suffer^ 
ing  from  extensive  farcy  of  the  left  hind  leg,  but  showed  no 
symptoms  of  nasal  glanders.  The  owner,  for  whom  I have 
already  destroyed  a number  of  cases  of  glanders,  claimed  that 
he  did*  not  know  that  an  animal  could  have  glanders  without 
nasal  lesions,  and  on  this  pretext  was  allowed  to  escape  prose- 
cution for  failing  to  report  the  case  to  this  office. 
Another  case  of  glanders  belonging  to  Mr.  Stodford,  living 
on  9th  Avenue,  in  Kaimuki,  was  reported  to  this  office  by  one 
Mr.  Pottie.  The  animal  was  found  to  be  suffering  from 
typical  nasal  glanders  and  was  taken  to  the  animal  quarantine 
station  and  destroyed.  Mr.  Stodford  had  bought  the  animal 
about  a month  previous  from  a hackdriver,  name  Lee  Sin,  and 
as  there  was  no  doubt  in  my  mind  that  Lee  Sin  must  have 
known  at  the  time  that  the  animal  was  affected  with  glanders, 
the  matter  was  laid  before  the  Attorney  General,  who  pre- 
pared a warrant  for  the  arrest  of  Lee  Sin.  This  warrant  was 
taken  to  the  County  Attorney’s  office  together  with  a full  state- 
ment of  all  the  circumstances  pertaining  to  the  case,  but  while 
this  is  about  a month  ago,  nothing  has  to  my  knowledge  been 
done  so  far  in  the  matter  of  prosecuting  the  seller  of  the 
glandered  animal. 
From  the  Island  of  Hawaii  Dr.  Elliot  reports  several  cases 
of  glanders  in  both  plantation  and  private  stables.  Dr.  Elliot 
has  a number  of  suspects  in  quarantine  and  has  been  supplied 
with  mallein  for  the  testing  of  them. 
From  Maui  Dr.  Fitzgerald  reports  glanders  in  five  different 
localities,  three  of  which  are  plantation  stables.  He  has  been 
supplied  with  several  hundred  doses  of  mallein  and  has  tested 
a great  number  of  animals,  both  on  plantations  and  ranches, 
as  well  as  in  private  stables  during  the  past  month. 
Endemic  Catarrhal  Fever. — Dr.  Elliot  reports  a very  extensive 
outbreak  of  this  dangerous  disease,  a full  description  of  which 
will  appear  in  the  next  annual  report  of  this  Division.  The 
disease  manifests  itself  in  various  forms  ranging  from  com- 
mon strangles  or  distemper  to  laryngitis  and  pneumonia  and 
sometimes  assuming  the  form  of  multiple  abscesses.  Unless 
discovered  in  time  the  course  of  the  disease  is  very  likely  to 
terminate  fatally.  This  disease  has  appeared  in  several  plan- 
tation stables,  both  in  the  Hilo  district  and  in  Kau,  as  many  as 
60  cases  being  found  in  one  stable.  The  same  disease  has  been 
very  prevalent  on  two  of  the  large  ranches  on  the  island  of 
Hawaii,  and  has  caused  the  loss  of  valuable  animals  as  well 
as  a great  deal  of  inconvenience  and  expenses,  to  say  nothing 
of  the  set  back  in  development  suffered  by  the  numerous 
affected  animals. 
