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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 78

American Samoa

American Samoa.

American Samoa consists of the [unclear: islands] of Tutuila, Manaua, Ofu, Olosega, [unclear: and] Anuu, and has a native population of [unclear: has] tween 6000 and 7000, and somewhere [unclear: above] 50 whites. Tutuila, the largest island, [unclear: is] miles in length, but less than five [unclear: mile] in breadth in its widest part. It is [unclear: a] this island that the fine harbour of [unclear: pag] pago is located.

Agriculture, as instanced in [unclear: connectid] with German Samoa, is quite unknow [unclear: d] this group, and though small quantities [unclear: n] cacao and rubber might be grown, [unclear: there] [unclear: is] not much useful land to experiment [unclear: with] and the natives themselves being well [unclear: be] do, are not disposed to work in the [unclear: field] except for the production of [unclear: copra-] which they export about 1300 tons in [unclear: any] exceptionally good year, 1000 tons [unclear: being] about the average crop. This is worth, [unclear: n] a rule, about £11 per ton.

At Pagopago the United States [unclear: Goverment] ment have established a coaling [unclear: station] as this port is reckoned to be of [unclear: great] strategic importance. Apparently [unclear: und] Sam believes his neighbours very [unclear: pacific] and trustworthy, for while he has [unclear: damp] his considerable coal pile and covered [unclear: p] with good steel sheds, put up many [unclear: use] ful buildings, an ice-making plain, and [unclear: m] [unclear: splendid] Governor's mansion, there is [unclear: n] a single gun in the place to defend the [unclear: and] cumulated supplies from any enemy [unclear: whose] the people who live under the Stars [unclear: and] Stripes might unfortunately make. [unclear: Ab] 25 or 30 whites reside on the island, [unclear: exde] [unclear: si]; of those in the naval service.