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down  to  inspect  a horse  at  Waimalu  gulch,  which  had  some  dis- 
charge from  the  nose.  It  being  necessary  for  me  to  leave  Hono- 
lulu for  Molokai  that  afternoon  the  Assistant  Territorial  Veteri- 
narian was  sent  down  and  inspected  the  animal  in  question,  find- 
ing it  affected  with  glanders.  The  animal  was  taken  to  a suitable 
place  and  killed  and  Mr.  Ross  agreed  to  have  it  buried  and  the 
place  properly  disinfected. 
On  October  28th  our  inspector  brought  three  suspects  to  the 
Quarantine  Station  for  testing;  one  from  Moiliili  belonging  to 
one  Yamada,  one  from  Manoa  Valley  belonging  to  one  See  Hop, 
and  one  from  Kalihi  belonging  to  one  Tanabe.  These  animals 
were  submitted  to  the  mallein  test  on  the  following  day  with  the 
result  that  the  one  from  Moiliili  gave  typical  reaction  and  conse- 
quently was  condemned.  This  animal  also  showed  clinical  symp- 
toms, having  a profuse  discharge  from  the  left  nostril  and  greatly 
enlarged  submaxillary  glands  on  that  side.  The  remaining  ani- 
mals showed  no  reaction  and  were  discharged. 
On  November  1st  a post  morten  examination  of  the  condemned 
animal  was  made,  and  the  results  fully  demonstrated  the  ac- 
curacy of  the  mallein  test. 
Importations  of  Live  Stock.  Importations  of  live  stock  at  Ho- 
nolulu since  the  last  meeting  of  the  Board  are  as  follows : 
October  28th,  S.  S.  Hilonian — 4 mules  for  the  Quartermasters’ 
Department,  which  were  quarantined  at  Iwilei ; 3 dogs ; 50  head 
of  Tunis  sheep  for  the  Molokai  Ranch,  and  also  a number  of 
crates  of  chickens  and  turkeys. 
Very  respectfully, 
Victor  A.  Norgaard, 
Territorial  Veterinarian. 
NATIONAL  IRRIGATION  CONGRESS. 
Note:  By  an  inadvertence  an  article  upon  the  National  Irriga- 
tion Congress  did  not  appear  last  month.  The  following  abridged 
account  is  inserted  here  as  matter  of  record. 
The  - Seventeenth  National  Irrigation  Congress  was  held  at 
Spokane,  Washington,  from  August  9th  to  14th  last,  over  one 
thousand  delegates  being  present.  The  Territory  of  Hawaii  was 
represented  by  Messrs.  Ralph  S.  Hosmer,  W.  H.  Babbitt, 
Augustus  Knudsen,  J.  T.  Taylor,  E.  Lord  and  L.  G.  Blackman. 
The  delegation  from  this  Territory  attended  the  Congress  with 
the  definite  aim  of  endeavoring  to  procure  the  adoption  of  a reso- 
lution recommending  the  extension  of  the  Federal  Reclamation 
Act  to  Hawaii.  By  concentrating  all  effort  to  this  end,  sufficient 
sympathy  was  created  with  the  endeavor  of  Hawaii  to  fulfill 
its  part  in  the  natural  welfare,  to  obtain  the  object  desired. 
