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APPENDIX A. METEOROLOGICAL REPORT OF APIA OBSERVATORY, 1926.

Highest temperature, 90-5° F. on 11th January; lowest temperature, 66-2° F. on 10th October. Rainfall for year, 103-57 in. ; normal over a period of thirty-four years, 106-85 in. Greatest rainfall in twenty-four hours, 5-69 in. on Ist January. Number of days without rain, 190. (Note : Normal is based on thirty-four years observations 1890-1923 inclusive.)

APPENDIX B. A REPORT ON MEDICAL WORK IN" THE APIA-FALEFA DISTRICT. [By Regina Flood Keyes, M.D.] District. The district lies along the north coast of Upolu, extending from the eastern limit of Apia to Falefa, approximately twenty miles east of Apia. It is a succession of promontories, deeply indented bays and steep mountains, with only a narrow strip of comparatively level land just above high-water mark. Most of the Native villages lie along the shore on the narrow tidal plains surrounding the indentations of the sea. Manunu, Falevao, Lalomauga, Sauniatu, Faatoia, and Magiagi are the only inland villages in the district. The Methodist Mission has a high school and a training college at Piula in charge of a European missionary and his wife. At Sauniatu is a Native Mormon settlement and school in charge of European missionaries. Simple home remedies and advice are dispensed to the Samoans by the European missionaries. Three European plantations, at Vailele, Fagalii, and Vaivase, employing Melanesian and Chinese labour for many years, introduced miscegenation in the immediate vicinity of the plantation. Solaua rubber plantation, near the eastern end of the district, was opened up during the year with Chinese labour. The plantation is somewhat isolated ; the coolies are recent arrivals in Samoa and have not yet established contact with the Samoan race. European managers at the plantation keep supplies of simple medicines on hand for the labourers. Trading-stations are at Luatuanuu, Solosolo, Saluafata, Lufilufi, Faleapuna, and Falefa. Supplies of castor-oil and magnesium sulphate are stocked by the traders for the Native trade. The district consists of twenty-four Native villages, the four European plantations, and the two missionary establishments. The Native population, according to the census of the Ist January 1926, was 4,482. Transportation. With the exception of the Solaua rubber plantation, Falevao, Manunu, Sauniatu, and Lalomauga, the villages and plantations are accessible by water and the beach road. In order to open up the district for regular visits, the Administration in 1925 converted the foot-trail winding along the coast from Apia to Falefa into a fair motor-road in good weather. Detours were built around treacherous fords, concrete fords put in where needed, swampy stretches ballasted with rock. During the wet season, lasting from November to March, the road, sometimes is impassable. Stormy seas wash out the bed, land-slides occur, trees fall across the way. The reconstruction of the bridge at Solosolo cut off the district from Solosolo to Falefa two months of the year 1926. Fortunately the road has been passable during the epidemics of infectious diseases, and it was possible for the doctor in charge to reach each village promptly with medical supplies and attention.

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(To which has been added a column showing number of deaths per month.) Atmospheric Pres- Mean Relative Rainfall, in 2 % £ Humidity) Temperature (° P.). Humidity. Inches. f f » 5 m J S Month © (O y d ® j • S, S, <3 £} 'c* c £i *1 ~M £ i l| l| l! ll a a a- P? Z* af£ Is Is J'§ Ig IS 3>> * » all II e a s 4a *g *i* *i <« «§ i ir ** i | I i January .. 29-764 29-757 79-01 80-49 90-5 71-1 17-1 5-0 86-6 75-8 86-8 16-81 10-94 I 12 6-3 58 February .. 29-778 29-748 79-00 81-05 89-2 75-0 12-6 5-2 88-1 76-5 , 89-9 15-71 9-85 j 9 4-6 55 March ' .. 29-800 29-795 79-34 79-82 88-9 71-8 14-0 5-0 90-3 81-9 90-3 13-54 15-79 j 7 4-5 66 April .. 29-822 29-862 78-91 79-55 88-2 69-8 15-3 3-1 87-7 75-3 1 86-3 10-24 5-30 19 5-8 71 May .. 29-858 29-875 78-40 79-78 88-5 70-9 15-7 9-5 88-6 74-5 1 87-7 5-51 1-24 23 8-2 88 June .. 29-874 29-900 77-80 79-28 89-4 67-3 18-0 5-0 87-5 74-3 ! 84-0 5-16 5-84 22 7-4 77 July .. 29-884 29-887 77-20 78-71 87-4 67-5 16-6 4-0 86-6 76 4 84-3 2-64 4-55 20 8-0 61 August .. 29-890 29-933 77-80 80-00 88-3 70-2 15-3 6-3 84-2 73-9 83-1 3-15 3-80 20 7-8 53 September .. 29-888 29-910 78-21 80-04 87-6 71-2 16-2 5-4 87-0 76-0 83-0 5-12 3-32 20 7-8 75 October .. 29-868 29-859 78-42 79-26 88-0 66-2 19-3 7-9 75-6 68-5 75-5 6-06 6-87 23 8-4 56 November .. 29-810 29-823 78-69! 79-61 87-8 72-3 13-7 6-5 89-3 78-8 89-8 9-29 6 5-9 31 December .. 29-777 29-819 79-25,79-48 88-5 72-5 14-2 5-4 87-8 80-9 88-1 13-62 21-87 9 5-6 32 Meanperyear 29-834 29-847 78-48 79-76 88-52 70-48 15-07 5-69 86-6 76-1 ; 85-7 89-00 8-63 158 6-7