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Early  Journal  Content  on  JSTOR,  Free  to  Anyone  in  the  World   This  article  is  one  of  nearly  500,000  scholarly  works  digitized  and  made  freely  available  to  everyone  in   the  world  by  JSTOR.     Known  as  the  Early  Journal  Content,  this  set  of  works  include  research  articles,  news,  letters,  and  other   writings  published  in  more  than  200  of  the  oldest  leading  academic  journals.  The  works  date  from  the   mid-­‐seventeenth  to  the  early  twentieth  centuries.      We  encourage  people  to  read  and  share  the  Early  Journal  Content  openly  and  to  tell  others  that  this   resource  exists.    People  may  post  this  content  online  or  redistribute  in  any  way  for  non-­‐commercial   purposes.   Read  more  about  Early  Journal  Content  at  http://about.jstor.org/participate-­‐jstor/individuals/early-­‐ journal-­‐content.                     JSTOR  is  a  digital  library  of  academic  journals,  books,  and  primary  source  objects.  JSTOR  helps  people   discover,  use,  and  build  upon  a  wide  range  of  content  through  a  powerful  research  and  teaching   platform,  and  preserves  this  content  for  future  generations.  JSTOR  is  part  of  ITHAKA,  a  not-­‐for-­‐profit   organization  that  also  includes  Ithaka  S+R  and  Portico.  For  more  information  about  JSTOR,  please   contact  support@jstor.org.   June 16,1905 1180 I have made it a rule to advise masters sailing direct to anv United States port or Manila to have their personnel vaccinated without re- gard to smallpox being reported officially, and to especially impress this upon them during the fall, winter, and spring, when the disease is most likely to prevail. I also make this suggestion to steerage pas- sengers leaving here by the mail boats for San Francisco. The-re are, however, some masters and passengers who decline to accept the sug- gestion, and, of course, in such cases the matter has to be left to the quarantine officer at destination, in accordance with Bureau letter dated April 22, 1903. Each individual vaccinated is invariably fur- nished with a certificate to that effect. No quarantinable diseases were reported from outports during the week. CUBA. Report from HIabana-Inspectwon of ve,&sels- Case fqf adenX8s on steam- (ship Seneca. Surgeon Wertenbaker reports, June 6, as follows: Week ended June 3, 1905: Vessels inspected and bills of health issued, 28; crew of outgoing vessels inspected, 1,169; passengers of outgoing vessels inspected, 1,357; certificates of vaccination issued for Colon, 18. The American steamship Seneca had the second cook ill with adenitis of right groin. The Anmerican steamship Roanoke left this port May 31, 1905, bound for Key West, without having the bill of health signed by the medikal officer. No quarantinable diseases have been reported in the city or island duiring the week. Vaccination of eiyrants for the Oanal Zone. During the month of May, 1905, certificates of vaccination were issued to 9 persons leaving this port for Ancon, Canal Zone. Report fromn NIVevtas-In%peetion of ve,.sels. Acting Assistant Surgeon McConnell reports, June 4, as follows: During the week ended June 3, 1905, bills of health were issued to the British steamship Pockldinton, bound for Galveston, Tex., no cargo, crew 22; Spanish steamship Saturnina, general cargo, crew 36, bound for a port in the United States, via Cuban ports; Cuban steamship Curitybat. bound for New York, crew 45, 34 passengers, general cargo, and Norwegian steamship Lonin, bound for Galveston, Tex., no cargo, 27 crew. All vessels, crews, and passengers inspected. No quarantinable disease has been reported during the week. DANTISH WEST INDIES. Qttaawaatae aqcanst ari,bals from, Gre,nada and the Grenadi2?es replaced by mnedi? cal in VpecR.on. The following is received from Minister Swenson, at Copenhagen, under date of May 20: The Government of the Danish West Indies has raised the quaran- DANTISH WEST INDIES. Qttaawaatae aqcanst ari,bals from, Gre,nada and the Grenadi2?es replaced by mnedi? cal in VpecR.on. The following is received from Minister Swenson, at Copenhagen, under date of May 20: The Government of the Danish West Indies has raised the quaran- 1 181 June 16,190& tine against vessels arriving from the island of Grenada and the Grena- dines, declared on March 17, 1905. All vessels, however, arriving from the above-mentioned islands will until further orders have their crews and passengers medically examined dLuring a period of 15 davs, counting the same from the day thev leave the above-mentioned islands. ECUADOR. Report *fto)it Guayaq a-i -ilJb>tality-iyScallpox and yellow fever- Inspectiwn and fuudtqation of vessels. Acting Assistant Surgeon Gruver reports, May 18, as follows: Week ended May 16, 1905. Present officially estimated population, 60,000. Mortality from all causes 71, as follows: Yellow fever, 3; cere- bral fever, 1; gastric fever, 2; infectiouis fever, 1; paludic fever, 3; per- nicious fever, 9; enteric diseases, 11; gr-ippe, 3; tetanus, 1; tuberculosis, 9; smallpox, 1; whooping cough, 2; stillbirths, 3; cause unknown, 1; f romii all other causes, 21. During the week 1 vessel was fumigated; 3 bills of health and 6 iniuiiune certificates were issued; 16 passengers and 62 pieces of bag- gage were examined, as follows: MIay 15, steamship Per-ai from Chil- ean and Peruvian ports, cleared for Ancon, Canal Zone, with 6 cabin and 10 steerage passengyers from this port. Twenty-eight cabin and 7 steerage passengers fromi ports south were placed in quarantine to conmplete a period of 10 days from last port infected or suspected of being infected with plague. May 16, steamship Ecuador, a coasting steamer, cleared, for Ancon, Canal Zone, and Panama. Crew, 58; cabin passengers, 9; steerage passengers, 6; all told, 73. This latter vessel was not fumigated. The coasting vessels take bills of health for both Ancon and Pananma. GERMANY. Report from, Berlin-Plagute and ehlolera in variou.s co f teries. Consul-General Mason reports, May 29, as follows: Pvlague. JgypJt. -During the period fronm April 29 to May 6 there were reg- istered 5 fresh cases of plague (with 4 deaths), namely 4 cases (3 deaths) in the district of Tukh, Province Kaliubieh, and 1 case (1 death) in Port Said. British South Afirica.-Cape Colony: During the week ended April 8 a fresh case of plague occurred in East London. (7hmolera. Rttu.ssia.--Between May 2 and 4, according to an official report, 1 case of cholera occurred in Aslhabad and 1 in Zarizyn.