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The Territorial Veterinarian is of the opinion that roup as well 
as contagious epithelioma or sorehead in poultry is amenable to 
treatment by vaccination and that the two conditions are caused 
by essentially the same bacterial flora. 
On account for the need for economy the Division of Forestry 
was represented at the Maui County Fair held in Kahului on 
October 12 to 14, 1922, by only a small exhibit of trees from 
the Haiku Nursery, but this was awarded a special prize. 
Attention is called to the article by JNIr. J. E. Higgins, Pro- 
fessor of Agronomy and Head of the Department in the College 
of Agriculture at Los Banos, on the lanzon fruit of the Philip- 
pines which would bear further encouragement in Hawaii. 
At the request of Col. C. R. Forbes, Director of the U. S. 
A'eterans Bureau, and with whom many of us are acquainted, 
the attention of the World War A'eterans is called to the fact 
that no matter how long a time has passed since the last pre- 
mium payments on their insurance, they still have the right to 
renew this valuable contract providing they are in good health 
or suffering from a disability, due to service, that is not total 
and permanent. This right will expire on ]\Iarch 3, 1926. 
RECENT APPOINTMENTS 
The following recent appointments have been made : 
November 23, 1922, James A. Gibb, Fire Warden' in and 
for the District of Wailuku, Island of Maui, to replace C. E. S. 
Burns, moved away. 
December 1, 1922, Alfred Rocha, Forest Ranger in and for 
the Districts of Koolaupoko and Koolauloa, Island of Oahu. 
B'ecember 1, 1922, Edward L. Caum, Assistant Plant Inspector 
and Pathologist in the Division of Plant Inspection. 
December 15, 1922, Thomas E. Wall appointed by the Gov- 
ernor as a Commissioner of the Board to take the place of J. M. 
Dowsett, resigned. 
December 28, 1922, C. E. S. Burns, Fire Warden in and for 
the District of Lahaina, Island of Maui, to replace A. W. CoUins, 
deceased. 
December 28, 1922, George Gibb, Fire Warden in and for 
the District of Hana, Island of Maui, to replace W. K. Schultze, 
moved away. 
