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disease by sanitary education and treatment have met with a large measure of success.

Tiicve are 4 religious missions at work : The London Missionary Society, tlie Roman Catholic (French) mission, the Mormon mission, and the Wesleyan mission. Resides the sectarian schools, there are 3 non-sectarian schools : 1 maintained by the Island Government, and 2 mainly supported by natives. All the non-sectarian schools :are supplied with text-books, stationery, &c. , by the Island Government. There are 81 schools in the islands, attended b}^ 1,099 boys and 837 girls.

Tile natives usually pay their taxes in copra, the quantity of copra annually assessed for iiscai purposes being from 500,000 to 550,000 lbs. The annual output of copra is 1,500 tons. At Fagatogo the natives are allowed to pay their taxes in cash. There is a native guard (Fitafitas) of about 75, including the 14 members of the native hand, trained by a drill sergeant and a bandmaster of the U.S. navy. The chief island products, besides copra, are taro, breadfruit, yams, cocoanuts, and bananas. In 1911 the imports at Pagopago amounted to 94,190 dollars ; and the exports to 142,740 dollars. Vessels with an aggregate tonnage of 48,861 tons entered, and of 48,831 tons cleared.

The American flag has been hoisted on many small Pacific Islands, some of them uninhabited rocks.

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