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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.   221 February 10, 19 DANISH WEST INDIES. lessels a'riving from)i Barbados seuject to sanitary nspect'ion. The following is received from Minister Swenson at Copenhagen, through the Department of State, under date of January 12: The Danish foreign office has informed me that the governmentt of the Danish West Indies, under date of December 13, 1904, has revoked the order prohibiting the importation of all wearing apparel and bedclothing not imported as personal baggage. Ships, however, arriving from Barbados will, until further notice, be subject to sanitary inspection. ECUADOR. Report from G ayaqu il-Sm allpox and yello w fev:er--fIspjecti'on of vessels--Detention of passengers to complete ten days from la&st posSi- ble exposture to plague itfection--Sanittary rep)orts fromJ Ba/ia de Caracquez and Esm eraldas. Acting Assistant Surgeon Gruver reports, January 13 an(l 20, as follows: Week ended January 11, 1904. Present officially estimated popula- tion, 60,000. Mortality from all causes, 52, as follows: Yellow fever, 4; pernicious fever, 2; infectious fever, 2; fever (without classifica- tion), 6; smallpox, 1; grippe, 1; anthrax, 1; tuberculosis, 7; enteric diseases, 6; from all other causes, 23. During the week 1 vessel was fumigated, 8 passengers and 14 pieces of baggage were inspected, and 1 immune certificate and 3 bills of health were issued, as follows: January 5, steamship 3lexico, from Chilean and Peruvian ports, cleared for Ancon, Canal Zone, with 2 cabin and 2 steerage passengers from this port. One cabin and 3 steer- age passengers from ports south infected or supposed to be infected with plague were placed in quarantine to complete ten days from last possible exposure to infection. January 11, steamship ilEanact,i, a coast- ing steamer, cleared for Panama, Republic of Panama, and Ancon, Canal Zone, taking a bill of health for each place. Crew, 45; cabin passengers, 18; steerage passengers, 24; all told. 87. Vessel not fumi- gated. Crew and passengers not inspected. Ship's surgeon certified that all were in good health. The following reports have been received from the American con- sular agents at Bahia de Caraquez and Esmeraldas by Hon. H. R. Deitrich, American consul-general here: Sanitary report from Bahia de Caraquez, January 4, 1905. Referring to your remark that the local papers report many cases of deaths from smallpox and other diseases from this province (Manabi), I beg to state that it is true that there have been such cases of the above-mentioned disease, but I do not think that I should mention them, as they are not in my consular district. Small- pox has been epidemic in Santana, Jipijapa, Portoviejo, Charapoto, and Rocafuerte, and all of these places belong to the consular district of Manta. The province of Manabi is as large as any of the New England States. The towns, or rather villages, are scattered in this large area without any means of communication-no roads deserv- ing the name, no mails. We do not know in most cases what has happened in the nearest village until a fortnight has passed.