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granted  the  matter  was  submitted  to  the  chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee  on  Animal  Industry  with  whose  consent  the  cow  was 
loaded  on  a dray  and  taken  to  the  new  quarantine  station  on 
the  Beach  road  where  a temporary  pen  had  been  constructed 
for  her.  The  cow  is  now  doing  well  and  will  be  retained  until 
the  departure  of  the  Ocean  Queen,  when  she  will  be  placed 
on  board  and  the  premises  where  she  has  been  kept  be  thor- 
oughly disinfected. 
Very  respectfully, 
VICTOR  A.  NORGAARD, 
Territorial  Veterinarian. 
Division  of  Forestry. 
Honolulu,  Hawaii,  July  27,  1909. 
Board  of  Commissioners  of 
Agriculture  and  Forestry, 
Honolulu. 
Gentlemen : — I have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith  the  regu- 
lar report  of  the  Division  of  Forestry  for  the  month  of  July, 
1909: 
Irrigation  Congress  at  Spokane. 
As  the  result  of  a meeting  of  the  Territorial  Conservation 
Commission  of  the  Territory  of  Hawaii  held  at  the  call  of  the 
Governor  on  June  30,  I was  appointed  early  in  the  month  a 
delegate  officially  to  represent  the  Territory  at  the  Seven- 
teenth Irrigation  Congress,  to  be  held  August  9-14,  at  Spokane, 
Washington.  This  special  assignment  has  kept  me  busy,  for 
a considerable  part  of  the  month  in  gathering  statistics  and 
preparing  a statement  of  the  needs  of  Hawaii  to  be  read  at 
that  Congress.  The  special  object  of  sending  a delegation  to 
Spokane  is  to  secure  the  endorsement  of  the  Irrigation  Con- 
gress in  the  extension  to  Hawaii  of  the  Federal  Reclamation 
Act.  Every  effort  will  be  made  to  secure  the  passage  of  a 
resolution  by  the  congress  favoring  this  measure. 
I have  also  been  appointed  by  the  Governor  a delegate  to 
represent  Hawaii  at  a Conservation  Congress  to  be  held  at 
Seattle  on  August  27-8-9,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Washing- 
ton Conservation  Association.  I leave  Honolulu  on  July  28 
and  expect  to  return  on  September  14. 
