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tend  the  repairs  to  all  of  the  pens,  the  sum  to  be  expended 
not  to  exceed  the  five  hundred  dollars  which  were  set  aside 
for  this  purpose  at  a meeting  of  the  Board  on  February  4th 
of  this  year.  • 
IMPORTATION  OF  LIVE  STOCK. 
Since  the  last  meeting  of  the  Board  the  following  steamers 
carrying  live  stock  have  arrived : 
June  5th,  S.  S.  “Virginian” — 1 1 5 head  of  hogs. 
June  9th,  S.  S.  “Hilonian” — 19  mules,  1 horse,  2 dogs,  2 
crates  of  poultry. 
June  nth,  S.  S.  “Alameda” — 4 crates  of  ducks,  2 dogs,  3 
crates  of  chickens. 
June  20th,  S.  S.  “Mexican” — 25  mules,  q horses,  20  cattle  (1 
cow  no  certificate),  10  hogs  (no  certificate),  4 crates  of  poultry, 
6 sheep  (no  certificate). 
June  22d,  S.  S.  “Lurline” — 10  mules  (Kahului),  1 mule 
(Hilo),  1 crate  of  chickens,  2 crates  of  pheasants. 
The  17  mules  and  1 horse  on  the  Hilonian  were  placed  in 
quarantine,  from  which  they  were  released  yesterday  after  in- 
spection. The  S.  S.  “Mexican”  arrived  from  Seattle  and  the 
stock  on  board  her  was,  therefore,  net  subject  to  quarantine. 
In  connection  with  this  shipment,  however,  I have  to  report 
that  all  of  the  stock  on  board  was  consigned  to  the  owner,  Mr 
James  McQueen,  who  has  been  an  importer  of  live  stock  for 
years  and  who  has  at  least  once  before  violated  the  regulations 
of  this  Board  by  bringing  in  untested  and  uninspected  stock, 
hi  the  present  case  the  shipment  contained  one  cow,  ten  hogs 
and  six  sheep  for  which  Mr.  McQueen  had  no  certificate  of 
inspection,  testing  and  dipping.  This  violation  of  the  rules 
cannot  possibly  be  considered  due  to  ignorance  of  the  same 
as  they  were  fully  explained  to  him  the  last  time  he  violated 
them  and  constitutes,  in  my  opinion,  a willful  and  inexcusable 
disregard  of  the  laws  of  the  Territory,  and  I would  ask  for 
instructions  from  the  Board  as  to  what  action  to  take  in  the 
matter. 
The  ten  mules  which  arrived  on  the  S.  S.  “Lurline”  on  the 
22d  instant  were,  contrary  to  the  wireless  report  received  a 
few  days  ago,  consigned  to  Kahului  and  not  to  Hilo.  The 
mules  were  intended  for  the  Wailuku  Plantation  Company 
and,  as  there  is  no  official  quarantine  station  on  Maui,  a wire- 
less message  was  immediately  sent  to  the  manager  of  the  Wai- 
luku Plantation  Company  as  well  as  to  the  Deputy  Territorial 
Veterinarian  for  Maui  inquiring  whether  satisfactory  quaran- 
tine premises  could  be  provided  at  Kahului,  as  otherwise  it 
would  be  necessary  to  unload  the  mules  here  for  quarantine  in- 
stead of  allowing  them  to  continue  the  vovage  on  board  the 
“Lurline.” 
