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treasury would be almost empty, notwithstanding our income from other 

 sources, such as land taxes, trade licenses, registration fees, receipts from 

 slaughter-houses, cock-fights, and fines. Other sources of revenue have 

 been taxes in lieu of work on the roads, fish-pen licenses, passports, 

 gun-licenses, dog-taxes, and port-dues of vessels. Our principal expense 

 has been the pay of the native military company who act as our police (more 

 than $3,000), and the employees of the treasury and government offices. 

 We are greatly in need of American school-teachers but we have literally 

 no funds with which to pay them. The pay of some of the government 

 employees is very low. I have felt much concerned especially about the 

 salary of Don Jose de Torres, one of the most faithful and efficient, yet I 

 can not raise the salaries and have our island government in debt. My 

 aim is to have it self-supporting. 



The other day I was calling at the house of Jose and I saw a bright- 

 faced, neatly dressed little fellow, who came forward and saluted me, say- 

 ing, " Seiior, don't you remember me?" I recognized in him the 

 son of a poor man of the San Ramon district who died recently. 

 The little fellow said, " Don Jose has adopted me for his little boy and 

 is going to teach me to read and write." There are few countries in 

 which a man situated like Jose, with a wife and mother and sisters to 

 support, would take upon him the additional responsibility of adopting a 

 child. Indeed I have never seen greater kindness among neighbors than 

 in Guam. Though there is no wealth neither is there poverty on the 

 island. 



Saturday, July 7 . — Commander Seaton Schroeder, U. S. Navy, arrived 

 this day as the relief of Governor Leary, who applied several months ago 

 for his detachment. Accompanying Commander Schroeder came Ensign 

 A. W. Pressey, who is to act as chief of staff in my place. It is with no 

 little regret that I will leave this lovely island and these good people. 

 There has been much sickness among the men and officers and the 

 Department has decided to detach all hands. The Governor expects to 

 go in the next transport. I shall wait for the Solace. In the mean time 

 I shall continue with my work and initiate Pressey into the duties of his 

 new office, or rather offices, for he will be Registrar of Lands, Auditor 

 of the Treasury, and Judge of the First Instance and of the Criminal 

 Court, as well as Chief of Staff of the Governor. 



Tuesday, July 10. — My friend Dona Emilia Anderson died yesterday. 

 I have just returned from her funeral. She was the brightest and most 

 entertaining lady on the island, and her death will be much felt in Agana. 

 I called on her last Sunday, hearing that she had had another attack of ill- 

 ness. Her house was filled with relatives and friends. I did not expect to 

 be allowed to see her ; but she said she would like to see me, and after wait- 

 ing for a little while in the sitting-room I was ushered into the adjoining 



