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stantly  in  mind  and  trust  before  long  to  be  able  to  secure  a 
good  man. 
I submit  herewith  a letter  from,  Mr.  O.  A.  Soutar  of  Kings- 
ton, Jamaica,  requesting  information  in  regard  to  the  bone- 
meal  treatment,  which  shows  that  the  publications  of  the 
Board  are  read  in  distant  countries : 
Kingston,  Jamaica,  June  20th,  1909. 
The  Supt.  of  the  Division  of  Animal  Industry, 
Honolulu,  Hawaii. 
Dear  Sir: — In  the  February,  1908,  number  of  the  Hawaiian 
Forester  and  Agriculturist  I read  on  page  36  of  a very  inter- 
esting discovery  of  yours  in  regard  to  a mixture  containing 
lime  salts  which  supplied  to  young  cattle  especially  made  im- 
proved development. 
I cannot  help  but  troubling  you  with  the  request  for  details 
of  the  mixture,  as  it  appears  my  cattle  are  laboring  under 
similar  conditions. 
Thanking  you  in  anticipation, 
I am,  yours  faithfully, 
(S)  A.  O.  SO'UTAR. 
I have  finally  to  report  that  on  July  3d,  Mr.  James  McQueen, 
whom  I was  instructed  by  this  Board  to  prosecute  for  violat- 
ing the  rules  governing  the  importation  of  live  stock  to  this 
Territory,  was  fined  $50.00  in  one  case,  while  sentence  was 
suspended  for  thirteen  months  in  the  two  other  cases. 
Since  my  last  report  there  have  only  arrived  two  shipments 
of  live  stock  of  any  importance.  On  July  3d  the  S.  S.  Mis- 
sourian brought  153  hogs,  all  healthy,  and  on  July  23d  the 
S.  S.  Lurline  brought  four  mules  and  five  pigs.  Besides  this, 
nearly  every  incoming  boat  has  brought  poultry  or  dogs,  all 
of  which  have  been  inspected. 
On  July  22d  the  Norwegian  steamship  Ocean  Queen  arrived 
in  Honolulu  from  the  Gilbert  Islands,  having  on  board  one 
cow  belonging  to  the  ship  and  which  was  suffering  from  a 
severe  case  of  mammitis  due  to  injury  received  on  board  ship. 
This  cow  had  been  taken  on  board  in  Plymouth,  England,  and 
had  never  been  off  the  ship  since  she  left  that  port,  some  four 
months  ago.  As  the  cow  was  a large  thoroughbred  Devon  and 
a splendid  milker  the  captain  was  anxious  to  have  her  brought 
ashore  here  for  treatment,  and  at  the  request  of  the  attending 
veterinarian,  Dr.  Monsarrat,  I cabled  to  Washington  for  per- 
mit to  land  the  animal  temporarily.  This  request  being 
