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Wednesday, October 4. — This day the Governor issued the following 

 orders : 



"General Order No. 6. — Until otherwise ordered, the exportation 

 of cattle, hogs, fowls, eggs, rice, corn, and sweet potatoes from this island 

 is hereby forbidden. 



' ' Articles of food may be delivered to vessels only in sufficient 

 quantities for the subsistence of those on board during their stay in port 

 and their passage to the next port of their destination. 



' ' The delivery of such articles of food to ships is prohibited without 

 a Government permit. 



" General Order No. 7. — Every inhabitant who is without a trade 

 or habitual occupation, by means of which he is able to provide for the 

 necessities of himself and his family, must plant a quantity of corn, rice, 

 coffee, cacao, sweet potatoes, or other fruits and vegetables sufficient for 

 that purpose. 



"He must also have twelve hens, one cock, and one sow. 



' ' The land necessary for the provision of article 1 is understood to 

 mean that which produces with good results a single article ; if it be 

 suitable for two or more articles he must plant as great a quantity as 

 possible consistent with the means at his disposal, taking into considera- 

 tion what is most necessary for the maintenance of life. 



Citizens who possess no land for planting may solicit from the Gov- 

 ernment that which they may require for this object. 



" When land is once granted it must be cleared, cleaned, and planted 

 within such a time as the Government may deem necessary, the period 

 being indicated when the grant is made, the means of the petitioner being 

 taken into consideration. 



' ' If the land be not cleaned at the expiration of the time fixed when 

 the grant was made, the person receiving the grant will be considered 

 vagrant, unless he prove that he was prevented from accomplishing the 

 work by some good cause. 



" Every part of the island may be utilized for cultivation, even though 

 the sites selected be adjacent to cattle ranches. In the latter case it will 

 be obligatory for the planter to inclose his garden patch with fences to 

 protect it from damage by cattle. 



" Those who, by virtue of this provision, have their plantation near 

 cattle ranches can not claim damages for injuries caused by cattle if it can 

 be proved that the plantations were not properly protected by inclosures. 



' ' Henceforth land granted for pastures or plantations may be utilized 

 by their possessors for stock farming or for agriculture, according to the 

 nature of the soil, with the condition that they may be properly fenced 

 in, so that he who wishes to start a stock farm will be obliged, before 

 taking his cattle thither, to fence in the territory where they are to graze, 

 being responsible for the damage that they may cause to the crops of 

 neighbors for lack of fences or of proper care. 



' ' Captains of towns and inspectors of crops will report monthly in 

 writing concerning the progress of plantations and other matters referred 

 to in this order." 



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The publication of the above orders in the United States caused no 



