Thursday, April 24, 1924. Errands in Apia. Made an official call on, and had a very enlightening talk with His Excellency Major General G. S. Richardson, Governor of Western Samoa. The Governor impressed me as a keen, broad-minded student of nature and humanity, who is doing his very best to make the conditions of the natives as comfortable, safe and unaffected by the presence of the white man as possible. He defended his policy by pointing out how too sudden civilization and commercial exploitation has been the downfall of other island groups in Polynesia. He talked intelligently on Entomological subjects and questioned me concerning the control of such agricultural pests as the "Rhinoceros" beetle and quarantine measures against the other pests. I cited the work done in Hawaii and advised the introduction of the Scoliid wasp from the Malay region to control the beetle. Bought maps of Upolu and Savaii at Survey Office. In afternoon visited a cocoa plantation with Dr. Buxton and his assistant Mr. Hopkins, who were searching for breeding places for the day mosquitoes. Collected a few specimens, especially a few landshells in a taro patch and a large series of red-brown millipeds, under rotten log. Roll 46:2 Dr. P. A. Buxton and Mr. G.H.E. Hopkins, photographed in a cocoa plantation near Apia. Tea with Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins. Borrowed a botany book and spent evening brushing up on Botanical terms. Friday, April 25, 1924. Ashore and watched parade at 9 A.M. Then took a field trip up to Vailema and collected up the slopes of Mt. Vaea to Stevenson's Grove. Thence N. down the ridge, through a low rainforest, collecting a few insects and several plants. Back to schooner and pressed plants. Supper and evening with Capt. Stenbeck at home of Mr. Paul Hoeflich, old resident and cordial manufacturer.