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yielded maximum crops from the same land. 

 Whether this can be depended upon to con- 

 tinue or not has yet to be demonstrated. The 

 issue is an interesting .one, and will be watched 

 with much expectancy. Personally, the writer 

 thinks that the cacao will decline in the long- 

 run and disappear, after the coco- nut palms 

 have borne five or six full crops. 



In conclusion, I would like to add that the 

 general health of Samoa is excellent, probably 

 better than that of London, Hamburg, or 

 New York. The temperature seldom exceeds 

 82 F., so fevers are very uncommon. School 

 facilities are remarkably good in all the lower 

 grades, the Colonial Government schools being- 

 free to all. 



About 1,300 Chinese coolies have been 

 imported, and 600 new men are being sent for 

 at the time of writing. These coolies mostly 

 elect to sign on again in Samoa with new 

 masters when their contracts are completed, 

 thus testifying to their general contentment. 

 It is expected that Javanese coolies may also 

 be introduced in 1913. Suitable agricultural 

 lands are worth, according to situation, from 

 10 dollars to 30 dollars per acre, and are not 

 readily procurable. It is to be hoped that those 

 in control will alter their views before long 

 and allow the natives to lease for long terms 

 of fifty or more years their surplus properties, 

 which neither they nor their progeny can 

 expect to put into service, for Samoa cannot 

 advance much till then. 



