The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-03-25

him and burying him with the rope, blanket,
etc, that is on MIN. Then the fact that a
number of horses have been shot for CLAN
ders by their owners without our having
anything to do officially with them, prevents
any estimate from being made of the money
loss. The value of a horse is not altogether
dependant upon the number Of dollars he
would bring if sold. a lady in town, who
lost a beautiful black horse, told me she
would not have lost him for thousand dol
lars. Mr.. VIM. J. Smith, whose fine grey
was killed this morning. would not have
taken anywhere near what he paid for the
horse if he had been asked TO sell him; and
so with many others. There is my old
whitley. Do you suppose would sell him
for $500 and still don't suppose that
would have much more than that offered for
him if I went TO sell him. -
80 How much stock has been inspected
since the Board commenced operations ?"
Since December 3, 1884, we have in
spected stations, mares, 8 geldings, II
bulls, Is cows, mules and 773 swine. All
of these were passed in good health, and
none of them. as far as We can learn, have
lining this stock we have collected, according
to law, 81 each on the horses, mules and
cattle, and ten cen is each on swine. We are
allowed fifty cents each on sheep and goats,
but none have been received from abroad at
Honolulu since we commenced operations
The fees, you see, do not amount to any very
great sum. Then there was appropriated
$4,000 for building quarantine station, and
for the pay of veterinary surgeon at 125
per month and all incidentals. The latter
amounts to little something, for when the
Board condemns an animal it has to take
charge of it. The owner simply walks off
and leaves US to get the animal out to the
burying ground and dispose Of the remains"
Where is your cemetery ?"
g Out on the plains at Kukuaio one and
three-quarter miles from town. Down on
the beach the Board has leased plot of
three and one-third acres, covered with al
geroba trees. This they have enclosed, and
in it is pen for condemned animals On
one side space is set apart, where animals
are buried, and we hope to sub-divide the
lot before long, and put up building where
animals can be quarantined. By the terms
of our lease we are not allowed to let any of
the stock in the enclosure get within twelve
feet of the boundary fence"
60 You speak of quarantine How long do
you think stock should be quarantined after
their arrival here ?''
Not less than sixty days. DR.. Brodie
agrees with me that the conditions of our
climate are such that it may be that length
of time before the disease shows itself, and
to be sure in this matter, the Board should
have stock under their supervision for that
length of time anyhow
STOCK OWNERS INTERVIEWED.
Mr.. B. F. Dillingham;, Mr.. James Dodd,
and other stock owners, were qucsti toned as
to the value of stock that had been lost
through CHAMBERS, and i'll the aggregate the
amount is estimated to range between
SIS, 900 and $50, 900. The idea was sug-
gested that all stock arriving at or leaving
Honolulu, whether to or from domestic or
foreign port, should be examined, and that
the sooner local boards were appoin ted al
all the ports of the group, or else that Homo
lulu be designated as the only port of entry
for live stock from abroad, the sooner the
disease of CHAMBERS would cease to exist on
the Islands.