New Governor Of American

Samoa

Prom Our Own Correspondent.

APIA, July 1.

AFTER the termination of his term of office of 28 months as Governor of American Samoa, Captain M. Milne has departed from Pago Pago, and the newly appointed Governor, Captain E. W.

Hanson, has arrived and has been intro duced with the usual ceremony.

Generous Donations.

One of the last acts of Governor Milne was the dedication of a public library at Pago Pago, for which money and books had been donated by Mr. William McCluskey, Mr. and Mrs. William S.

Barstow. and other friends of Samoa in Hawaii. The land, building material and labour were contributed by the Samoan people themselves.

A set of surgical instruments, worth 1,000 dollars, has been received from a retired American surgeon, Mr. William S. Porter, of Oakland, Cal. The doctor is a personal friend of Captain Meyer, of the Matson liner “Mariposa” and, on his recommendation, Dr. Porter presented

these valuable instruments to the Public Health Department of American Samoa for the benefit of the Samoan people.