The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-10-12

urer, showed that the receipts for the |
year had amounted to $1559.70, of /
which 1928 was received in dues and
$l231.70 by way of net receipts from
the Gypsy Ensampment The various
expenses for the year amounted 10
$4S0.74, leaving a balance of S107996 |
on hand. appropriations for the salary
of the humane officer for the coming
year take up the greater part of this
balance, however.
Humane oficer's Report.
The report of Miss Rose Dawson
was:
Mrs. Sanford B. Dole, President Hawai-.
ian Humane Society.
Madame: Below l have the honor of |
handing you my report for the time 1 |
have been in the service of your So
ciety, viz, from May 18th to date:
The work done by your agent is of a |
kind and amount difficult to set forth
properly in report of this kind. 1t is
to be remembered that much of it's
value lies in its deterrent effect. people |
who might be liable through needless
ness or otherwise to maltreat children
and animals being held in by constant
knowledge that there is person deput.
ed by proper authority and backed by
permanent organization, whose daily
duty it is to look after such matters.
The consequence is that the more thor
ough and efficient the work of the hui
name officer, the less Of detail she will
have to report; in other words the more
she accomplishes the less show she may
make.
Speaking in general way. may say
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ton of each day, Sundays included. In
fact, owing to the work animals being
mostly in their stables on that day, and
owing to the large amount of pleasure
driving on Sunday, that day affords I'M
usual opportunities for the prosecution
of certain branches of my work. In the
discharge of my duty my travels take
me from Moanalua to Koko Head, and
from the waterfront to the Pail.
In going over my district 1 am care
full not to visit any paticular locality
at stated intervals or on any set day
of the week. l think it much better
that people should not know just when
to expect me. 1t seems to me that the
wisdom of this course is quite evident,
Several alleged or supposed cases of
mistreatment of children have been
brought to my notice by neighbors of
the parties complained of. These com
plants have been carefully investigated
| and in only one case have the facts
seemed to justify complaint of DELHI
crate or wilful cruelty; this case was
disposed of in the police court. In
| each of these cases the mother or other
person in charge of the child has been
visited and warned, and apparently
with good results.
In case of complaint for the maltreat-
ment of either children or animals
where the facts seemed to justify or re-
quire a recourse to the law, the atten-
ton of the regular humane officer of
the police has been called to the matter
and he has been asked to make the
arrest. 1t seems to me to be better
that the representative of your society
should be regarded as friend and ad-
wiser rather than as an agent of the
penal law.
The dog pound at Iwilei has been
! visited an average of four times a
month. Most of the dogs impounded
were diseased and have been shot. In
case of dogs held for non-payment of
taxes, those seeming to have any com
mercial value have been sold, the worth
less ones have been destroyed.
| There are several pounds for animals
other than dogs Chiefly if not alto.
gether for horses and catEe). / have
visited these places so far as the loca-
tions have been known to me. The i'm
preston | have received from my per-
sonal observation is that better provi-
sion should be made for feeding the inn
pounded animals. Their appearance in
dicates the present provision is made
quate.
The following figures will give the
society some idea of the magnitude of
my work and of the variety of direc-
tions in which it extends:
The number of stables in Honolulu,
containing two or more horses each,
and excluding stables of private fami-
lies, is sixty.four. All these stables
have been visited by me; several of
them a number of times. If the con-
ditions found are not satisfactory, the
proprietor s attention is called to the
Objectionable conditions and after a
reasonable time the place is visited
again to see if former warning has been
effectual The larger stables employ
veterinarians, who visit and examine
these establishments at stated times.
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the animals are found in better condi-
ton than in the smaller ones. Upon the
whole it may be said that the stables
and inmates are in fairly satisfactory
condition.
According to the record kept at the
police department there are at the pres
ent time eighteen hack stands in Ho-
nolulu and 165 public hacks. There are
forty-one registered express wagons,
baggage express and the like). In ad-
dition to these there are ten stages car
rying passengers to and from places in
the country, and eighty-nine registered
drays.
1t goes, of course, without saying that
the humane officer finds it necessary in
the discharge of her duty to speak to a
great many persons on the streets and
in public places. She is pleased TO
testify to the general courtesy and reas'
onableness with which her addresses
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