Excerpt from Eleventh Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of California: For the Fiscal Years From June 30, 1888, to June 30, 1890 We are gratified to know that the Government Quarantine Station, on Angel Island, Bay of San Francisco, is nearing completion, and is to be equipped with the most ample and improved appliances known in sanitation, whereby our State will be fully protected from foreign pesti lence with the least possible interference with maritime traffic. This has been a great desideratum, and its establishment will give us security against cholera in any Invasion from lands westward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.