THE GERMANS IN THE PACIFIC.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, 6 July 1889, Page 2

THE GERMANS IN THE PACIFIC.

• Th* r»c#n» prooeodingi of tba Oarmani at Samoa hav« for a tim* witMrawn attention fnia th»i!oing*nf that Sowf* in othar part* of tW IVifWi. Taa following, tabu from theufirt*!report ©I Mr. E. M. Morgan, Km T7mt»d Btataa eoaaular agaat at J.dait, in tba MfiabaU Islands ia tberafora of a»p** Ul iatw**** thi. timo, a<*bnirtagtb* %ggtaaai*a poller parauad by fr-rmaav i*jh*,South Saaa. Tba M*rnfcaU Mttfilb tt.amj bo maotlon«d, ara. ojta nttbo aaJaarou* proopa forming tba hflgjMahrpalago kaoWi u tho OuotfoJlala***, !fc Wagtail! or Oilbort lattMa lf«attttlo tnrtbar to tbaannth, anU, Ifta tt# oibar*. •»• of coral format(o«. Mr.Morgana*/*: Th© oommaniai faitrotU of tba Uaraball laUodt aro la tba handa of tb* Matt OaaollaobaJt, a Gorman arm nipaliiil fat ITagrtdft; Maaata. A. , OmatoS aad 00., ha AmnrUnn Arm Aft tdaaßH. vattMaß' J-tfufcMmf !Mmm£* law

tail gor poaiat teadore tflpata, and •boat • to «| oante to' pt»ejod ia Amorloan gooda. ocpcotolry prortaioaa. hardwa/v tbieait, ttoatoa, and ototbiag, aa* a nod pttoo to «btei»*bte, fborofore. Rroarfta aaoTasiuaoltiaaof att Woda aft prohibited §bto aftto, taoeo no** are dealt la. Bier to tbo only liotftage poriitted to bo aold to tbt aatltot aid borrary litt)« of that to oe-d by tbon, a* tbry are vary toMperate. Tbbao»atoinJr««d*niand;thakii.d bolnf known aa •'Nlggorb ad. w ,-■ , The oorranoy. of the iatoada untfl ▼ton ooin; bat, anter a tote roxototion of the Oarman aathoritiaa. Oomtan ooin baa been declared the legal leader and the Gorman Arm. who imported the Chilian and Peruvian coin here in largo ouantittoi, and paaoed it for the •etna value aa Amoruan ooin. no*. rafttao to aooapt it except at a diaoount. of B*|-por bent. No offer waa made by thorn to r«doein it, but without notice of even one >week tbay declared it de|ir*oiated' to tliat extent ■'• Tbo native* are naturally Tory dtoaatiafiod, and indeed it ia a matter that they fori onght to be corrected Ky the Govern* ment which Haa agreed to protect thro and for which they pay a yearly tax. The natives have a decided preftrenoe for American ooin, anil will pirt with their produce when paid in such cur* r«noY, when oth»rwi«e it could not ho purchaaed at all. Tha impotta front the United Statee (San Tranoiaeo) to theeeialaude during 1888 amounted to 88.000 doto. Th« export of copra hy the firm of A. Crawford and Co. alone during the aame period amounted to 1,555,6161b, valued at 86,000d01. Since tbo loth day of OctobOr, 1885, theea htande have heen under tl>e protectorate of the Gormen Government, and, lat-r. on the 14th day of April, 1888, Ptoaeaat laland waa dartored to be nndvr the same proteetorate. They are g tvorned by a High Conmiistioner, who at divera intervaU publiehee btwa and regulutions for their government. Thete laws up to the proeent time eoaatatofharbour regulatk>n«, the prohibiting Of eolling or giving to narirce arms, ammunition Sirituoua iiquora, credit in any form., a prohibiting of purehaaa or rental of lands, the levying of a *ax orltoeuce of 250 do!, nnr trip upon tracing vessels not belonging to a firm hn-ated within tha islands who may ont-r for trading pnrpoao% and tha levyi.ig of tax*s and liceriooV. Taxea are in tbo nature of poll-tax—--9 dot for each fonignor. j Licencee aw impostd upon each trader; amounting to 10 dol. per annum Commercial firms doing a bnsinese of j 128,000: dol. or more per year have t-» j pay 18,00 dol. Those doing a buaii, nam lose than tha forogotng amount have to nay a yearly tax of 750 dol. i Tbo nattvaa have to pay a yearly tax of SOOOdol; this to payable in oopra to theJaloitGeeellsohatt at the »ta of I out par lb.—a total of SOO.OOOIb Tbo nattvaa would much prefer pat ing in money, but tbay are not accorded that privilege, and tha GeaaUenhaft reene tbo benefit of tha copra. Tha'ragntotioß probibiting the toaaing of la&an, if eaforoed, will interfere with the Ate* of A. Crawrord and Co. and Hvnderton and M'Farlane to snoh an extent aato almost, if not quite, run their buaineaa la the group, for tha roeeon that id tha gatheriag of copra it to abaolately aeaoaaarr to ptoee trader* upon all the enooanut-beariag utonda, to trade with and gather ooprirtrom the aativea/ A tract of toiulanflotojtely torg* fortftensßisiary nee of auoh fraders baa bee* panted from year to year, aod. acoerdiag to tha present regutotJone. tbeeeleatea cannot he insTiUblemuHwiU be eoforoed retirement <jfaUirma other than Gerrsan. • The repreesatatiTo of Meeera. A." Crawford »nd Co. at Jaluit Had with tha High Comattoatonar a proteft againat ita aotVjtaaaaant, and ealUng aitenttoa to the injury its aaf-roanet would oanee. The High Uoouaiaolbner meat, and alee ibat ho felt aoaviaoad - ♦ hftlnl!na?a?iaa^lf^ahT 1 * t ' < *° fcy.VAJ! , ?-"t::,._ J - ; ,>.- -•'.,»* . ..3., .

MM ■835 IwitH I&& nualpJß IjL, vbo«g£li E£» th«rsfl !*JO E dim-ton will rvqub* «oniMdlf-atm|lr command 1 10.000 in 'ni||pi promt ordinary Incnav, tjffljaffJU and •sprMttog #{i. don and ■litaUUfr'method* employed carrying on their frreat ipM|u unanimously agraei to. BmrarejLer addVeatw foUo»frt.< , ;;,,., T< t. ~ AJJ^atgaaMaa-:.-'--.,.^--,.