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designated  by  the  caretaker  and  shot  him,  the  caretaker  agreeing 
to  burn  the  carcass  before  dark  the  same  day. 
“There  being  only  one  watering  trough  in  the  pasture  I had  the 
same  emptied  and  cleaned  out  and  notified  the  caretaker  under  no 
circumstances  to  allow  any  of  the  horses  or  mules  in  the  pasture 
to  leave  the  same  within  one  month  from  date,  or  to  allow  any 
other  horse  stock  to  be  brought  into  the  pasture  for  any  purposes 
whatever. 
“You  are  hereby  notified  that  the  pasture  in  question,  Keolu, 
in  the  district  of  Kailua,  is  quarantined  for  one  month  from  Feb- 
ruary 27th  and  you  are  directed  to  notify  the  manager  and  the 
caretaker  of  the  said  pasture  not  to  allow  any  horse  stock,  that  is 
(horses,  mules  or  asses)  to  leave  the  said  pasture  during  the 
period  specified,  nor  to  allow  any  horse  stock  to  be  brought  into 
the  said  pasture  for  any  purposes  whatever. 
“I  have  taken  a careful  count  of  the  animals  now  in  the  pasture 
and  shall  visit  the  same  off  and  on  during  the  period  cf  quarantine 
for  the  purpose  of  inspecting  and  counting  the  stock  in  question, 
as  it  is  highly  probably  that  some  cases  will  develop  through 
contamination  of  the  drinking  water. 
“I  further  call  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  any  violation  of 
these  instructions,  which  are  supported  by  Rule  3 of  the  Division 
of  Animal  Industry  of  this  Bpard,  a copy  of  which  is  enclosed,  is 
a misdemeanor  and  punishable  by  a fine  not  to  exceed  $500. 
“Will  you  please  acknowledge  receipt  of  this  letter  without 
delay  and  inform  me  what  steps  you  have  taken  to  carry  out  the 
instructions  contained  therein.” 
HOG  CHOLERA. 
On  February  10th  I was  notified  by  a gentleman  at  Waialua 
that  his  hogs  were  dying  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Committee 
on  Animal  Industry  I left  the  following  day  for  that  place.  I 
found  on  examination  that  25  pigs  and  sows  had  died  within  three 
days  and  post  mortem  examination  proved  the  disease  to  be  hog 
cholera  and  swine  plague. 
I learned  on  further  investigation  that  this  disease  has  been 
prevalent  in  that  district  for  the  past  two  months  and  that  con- 
siderable, numbers  of  hogs  belonging  to  various  owners  had  died. 
The  usual  medicinal  treatment  as  recommended  by  the  Bureau 
of  Animal  Industry  was  instituted  while  the  remaining  affected 
ones  were  segregated  and  the  yards,  pens  and  feed  troughs  were 
disinfected. 
The  disease  appears  to  be  of  a very  mild  nature  as  only  pigs 
up  to  30  or  40  pounds  succumb  to  it,  while  the  grown  animals 
either  resist  it  or  become  only  mildly  affected. 
