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prevent good, fertile land from lying idle ; and I shall carefully examine 

 the registers of property in the recorder's office to see if the entries 

 there made have been in accordance with law. 



Friday, September 29. — The first civil marriage was this day cele- 

 brated ; the ceremony was performed by the justice of the peace ; the 

 contracting parties, Ramon Pangelinan y Guerrero and Dolores Mani- 

 busan y Santos. 



The military commission found the seaman Hans Hansen guilty of 

 the charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct in the streets of Agana 

 and of grossly insulting citizens of Guam, and sentenced him to five 

 days' imprisonment and the payment of twenty pesos fine. 



Saturday, September 30. — Don Benancio Roberto this day sent in his 

 resignation as Gobernadorcillo of the city of Agana, and Don Gregorio 

 Perez was appointed Gobernadorcillo in his stead. Don Luis Duefias 

 also resigned and was replaced by Don Antonio Perez. The reason given 

 for the resignation of the two officials was that their duties, for which 

 they received practically no compensation under the existing laws, have 

 occupied so much of their time and attention that they have been obliged 

 to neglect their personal affairs and have been unable to look out for 

 their farms and plantations. 



To-day an anonymous communication was left in my yard denounc- 

 ing the justice of the peace and his secretary, both of whom are Filipinos 

 by birth. They were accused of having cried ' ' Viva Aguinaldo ! " on the 

 4th of July, when there was a procession in honor of the Independence 

 of the United States, and the Chamorros cried "Viva Hamerika ! " The 

 note declared that as Tagalos they should not be permitted to remain in 

 office ; that they had shown favor to a certain man who was a great 

 rogue and thief, because he had given them presents. I paid no atten- 

 tion to the communication, feeling sure that it had been written by one 

 who felt himself aggrieved over some decision the justice of the peace 



had made. 



[to be; continued.] 



Though the average weight of some of the Mexican Agaves may 

 exceed that of the Porto Rican "maguey," it is unquestionably true 

 that the longest peduncle known is that of Furcroea foetida, the ' ' Mauri- 

 tious Hemp." A specimen was recently photographed at the Porto 

 Rico Experiment Station which showed a height of over 50 feet, some 6 

 feet of stem included. There is another specimen in the vicinity which 

 would probably weigh considerably over a ton and has about 200 leaves 

 of from 6>4 to 8 feet in length. — O. W. Barrett, Mayaguez, Porto Rico. 



