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Gentlemen

You are aware of the obstruction that has arisen at the present time in Samoa. Therefore we have appointed you, the representatives of the Great Governments in Apia, to direct your attention to all things that we say in this letter, that you may protect the property and lands and houses and lives of foreigners, namely:

That you representatives will adopt measures to make preparations and regulations to prevent bad conduct and disorderly practices in the neutral territory, together also with the selling and giving of the intoxicating drinks of foreigners to Samoans and the people of other islands in the Pacific Ocean.

You representatives will please also to take proper measures to enforce such regulations in the neutral territory.

This agreement is binding all the time until the last day of the present obstruction that has arisen in Samoa.

We are the Taimua of the Government of Samoa.