BiTUri-iry.s, Docks, Wharves, etc. —6ome foundations could be used. 



Roads, Bridges. Causeways were generally repaired to meet mili- 

 tary requirements. May be termed passable except for such obstructions 

 as the bridge at Koror. 



Marine Repair Facilities could be rebuilt on Japanese foundations. 



Aids to Navigation limited to minimum Navy requirements. Channels 

 mostly open. Maintenance rare on markers, beacons, ranges, or channel 

 obstructions. Mined areas partly swept. Loose and stranded mines common. 



Marine Transportation is provided by commercial steamship lines 

 from the United States to Guam only. 



Within the area, main centers are served by Naval vessels supply- 

 ing their bases on fairly regular schedule. 



Inter-island service is irregular to say the least. Varies from 

 outrigger canoe to small landing craft. 



Local Supplies — Food , clothing . sundries can be obtained only 

 from such Naval stores as are available to authorized personnel. U. S. 

 Commercial Company supplies native stores. 



Communication is difficult beyond main centers served by NATS. Some 

 bases rebroadcast news daily. No commercial cable or radiograms except 

 at Guam. 



Tariff Duties on imported goods apply as from foreign countries. 



Native Labor may be scarce until 1948 because of large demands 

 for rehabilitation. Skilled labor scarce anyway because of military 

 needs. Except on Guam, main centers could supply from 100 to 400 

 natives for fishing industry. This would be true at Saipan, Koror, 

 Truk, Ponape, Kusiae, Majuro. 



POISONOUS FISH 



Around 125 species of central Pacific fish and other marine animals 

 are said to be poisonous when eaten. Others, such as cone shells and sea 

 snakes, have a venomous bite, and a third group, including corals, sea 

 urchins and moray eels, cause wounds which frequently become infected 

 and are difficult to heal. 



The problem of poisoning from eating fish is a baffling one. Only 

 the puffers (family Tetradontidae), and their spiny relatives, the 

 porcupine fish (family Diodontidae), seem to be universally regarded 



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