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Inspector will leave for Kahuku tomorrow and will test all 
dairy animals between Kahuku and Waialua and from Wai- 
alua to Pearl City, endeavoring to get together as many 
animals as possible at various stations and to test all animals 
which the owners are willing to or can be persuaded to have 
tested regardless of whether they have made official applica- 
tion for testing or not. It is estimated that there will be 
between 50 and 60 head at Kahuku, about 20 to 30 head 
around Waimea, and 50 to 60 head at Waialua. 
From the Island of Maui the Deputy Territorial Veteri- 
narian reports the testing of the Grove Ranch dairy herd, 13 
head in all, of which five gave typical reaction. The reactors 
will be destroyed and the carcases passed on by Dr. Fitz- 
gerald, who will report the post mortem results to this office. 
On Hawaii, Dr. Elliot has tested a number of private herds 
and has destroyed three reactors, all of which were found on 
post mortem to be badly affected with tuberculosis. 
As indicated in the appended letters, there have been sent 
500 official ear-tags and two pair of tongs for applying the 
same to each of the three deputy territorial veterinarians, 
and a complete record will be kept of all animals tested by 
these gentlemen in their respective districts. 
It is recommended that the sum of $100.00 per month be 
set aside to defray the expenses of this Division while finish- 
ing the work of testing and retesting the dairy animals on 
this island. 
Since the last report the milk from four different dairies 
has been examined as to its bacterial content, with the re- 
sult that the samples were found to contain bacteria ranging 
in number from 50,000 to 18,900,000 per cc. A report on this 
work has been forwarded to Mr. J. A. Rath, Secretary of the 
Milk Commission. 
Inspection Service. 
Under date of September 10th the inspector in charge at 
the port of San Francisco, Dr. George S. Baker, informed 
me that the S. S. Hilonian, leaving San Francisco on Sep- 
tember 11th, would bring a consignment of live stock for the 
Volcano Stables, Hilo, consisting of 15 mules and 6 horses, 
and calling my attention to the fact that these animals had 
been shipped against his protest, he refusing to approve of 
the test charts, as required by the regulations of this Board. 
As a reason for this action he states that the animals in ques- 
tion had been tested together with a number of other horses 
and mules, an unusual high percentage of which gave typical 
reaction to the mallein test and that, consequently, there 
was a possibility of some of the non-reacting animals having 
become infected while in contact with the reactors, even 
