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another committee Of three to appraise

the goods. the same to be destroyed
with the buildings, with the exception
of such papers and valuables as may
be designated by the committee, and
can safely be disinfected." Carried.
Moved that the whole of Kahului
be quarantined as against the rest of
the island, and that there be special
quarantine placed on Chinatown, as
against the whole town of Kahului."
"All freight to and from vessels in
the port of Kahului and to and from
the uninfected districts, shall be hand
led by the Kahului Railroad Company
from their railway line and scows;
such handling of freight to be done en-
tirely by men from the uninfected dis
trlcts outside of Kahului." Carried.
"Movedthat the appraising committee
for buildings, consist of j. H. Bell, Mr..
Cass and Mr.. Sonny" Carried.
Moved that the appraising commit
tee for goods consist of Mr.. Kirkland,
Mr.. Moss and Mr.. Kennedy" Carried
Moved that DR.. Garvin be author
lied to attend to the whole question of
passes in and out of Kahului." Car
ried.
Moved that the sheriff send out Of
ficers to trace out and return to Ka-
hului all persons who have left the in
fected district during the past week."
Carried.
President Wood stated he had given
the committee the following letter:
The following named persons hold
ing commissions as agents of the
Board of Health, and members of the
Sanitary Committee of the Island of
Maui, namely, l.. Won Tempsky, w.
Ogg, Pierre Cockett, H. p. Baldwin, l..
M. Baldwin, DR.. Weddick, DR.. McCon
key, DR.. Winslow, X. S. Jgerdrum, DR..
G. B. Wells, w. c. Cook, w. ]. Lowrie.
Dr. Sabey and J. Zumwaldt, are hereby
authorized to act as a Health Board for
the Island of Maui, during the present
epidemicof bubonic plague, and all acts
performed by them as a committee un-
der any question of the existing regu-
,ati2rs of the Board of Health, will be
authorized by the Board of Health
&c. B. WOOD,
President Board of Health
President Wood says the residents of
Kahului, and those from other parts
of the Island as well, have reached a
general conclusion as to the manner in
which the infection reached Kahului.
Before leaving Kahului the Sanitary
Committee gave him the following
statement:
1.-TWO months before the plague broke
out and quarantine was established in
Honolulu eatables for Chinese New
Year celebration were imported from
China, via Honolulu, by a restaurant
keeper in the center of the infected dis
trict of Kahului, and one, at least, OF
the plague deaths arose in that res
taurant. These goods were not opened
until the Chinese New Year, and it
was at about that time the plague
broke out"
DR.. Garvin was left in general charge
of the work of suppressing the plague
on Maui. He has complete outfit OF
all that is needed for microscopical
and postmortem work.
There were seven deaths in all at
Kahului. On Sunday, February Attn.
the first case was found in Chinese
wash-house by DR.. Armitage. He had
been called to see All Tong, who had
been i'll since January 30th. When
seen on February 4th he had tenn
perature of 104 and had an enlarge
ment of the glands in the neck. He
died the same day. The second death
was that of a Chinese from the same
wash-house, named Tung Yuen. On
the night of February 7th DR.. Armi-
tage saw him, sitting up, and, as he
expressed it, lin a comatose condi-
ton" He had high fever, tempera-
ture over 104. No glandular enlarge
ments were noticeable,
The third and fourth deaths were
those of Japanese woman and her
child three months old. On the night
of February 9Th they were seen. The
baby died the same night and the wo-
man the next morning. The woman
had severe abdominal pains and high
fever. No glandular engagements