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Monday, October 30. — Departure of the Uranus with the Spanish Com- 

 mission on board, bound for the island of Saipan, of this group, and Yap, 

 of the Caroline group. 



This day I received, in my capacity of "President of the Military 

 Commission," a report against one of our marines, charged with insult- 

 ing a citizen of the island and ' ' throwing stones at him while he was in 

 his own house, and this without provocation." This will necessitate a 

 formal trial, examination of witnesses, recording of testimony, etc. It 

 is apparently a case of a man, usually quiet and peaceable, who misbe- 

 haved while under the influence of liquor. Thus far the only disorder 

 occurring on the island has been caused by our own men. The natives 

 are quiet and law-abiding. The Governor is determined to put a stop to 

 the selling or even the giving of intoxicating liquor to any one visiting or 

 living on the island. 



Wednesday , November 1. — The Governor issued the following order : 



" 1. On and after November 3, 1899, it is prohibited to import or to 

 sell, issue, provide, or in any way to dispose of any intoxicating stimu- 

 lant (liquid, gelatinous, or solid) in the island of Guam or in the contig- 

 uous waters, reefs, or lands thereof, to any person residing or visiting 

 within the limits of the above-stated territory, except by a special license 

 issued by the Government ; and any person convicted of violating this 

 order may be punished for the first offense by a fine not exceeding $100 

 (Mexican money) or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both, 

 and for each succeeding offense the penalty may be doubled, on approval 

 of the Governor, and for each conviction the offender's contraband goods 

 shall be confiscated. 



"2. Residents or visitors on this island are forbidden to purchase or 

 procure any intoxicating stimulant referred to in this order except by 

 special permission of the Government, and any person who violates this 

 order will be punished at the discretion of the local authorities. 



"3. Drunkenness, the chief source of all crime and trouble in this 

 island, must and shall cease." 



This afternoon I took a walk with Don Jose Herrero up the road lead- 

 ing to Sinahafia. By the roadside there was a clump of castor-oil plants 

 i,Rici7ius commwiis^, called Agaliya by the natives of this island and 

 Tangantaiigan by the Filipinos. This species was introduced into Guam 

 many years ago and has now spread pretty well over the island. The 

 natives know that its seeds are purgative, but they make little use of 

 them. What attracted me this afternoon. was a number of wasps which 

 were visiting the nectaries, evidently in quest of honey. These nectaries 

 occur not only at the junction of the blade and petiole as in the case of 

 Aleurites and other Euphorbiaceae, but also along the petiole itself, on 

 the nodes of the stem, and on the peduncles of the inflorescence. The 

 flowers themselves were devoid of nectaries, but there were small glands 

 at the base of some of the pedicels. Noticed the curious branching 



