(Palau District
ANGAUR (Cont'd)
numbered 66 pupils.
There are three teachers, who are under
the supervision of a headmaster trained at PITTS. The
assembled children sang "America" for the inspecting party
in excellent harmony.
(d) Religion.
All natives on Angaur were reported to be of Catholic
faith. The Catholic church is a substantial, handsome
structure, built by the U.S. Army in 1945 as a replacement
for the former church which had been destroyed in landing
and seizure operations. Missionaries from Koror hold regular
services at this churche
(e)
Economic development.
The people of Angaur are self-sufficient in food, but
presently have no organized industry.
Coconut tree plantings
have been made to replace the trees that were cut dow by
Japanese direction before World War II so that the natives
would devote their entire time to the phosphate beds.
Royalties of 25¢ a ton are paid to or held in escrow for
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native owners of land on which the phosphate deposits are
locatede
Shipments of mined phosphate from Angaur to Japan cur=
rently average 22,000 long tons per quarter. An estimated
1,500,000 long tons of phosphate remain to be mined, of which
approximately half is located in a native farm tract area.
SCAP is interested in mining this area, and it has been
suggested that the tract after mining could be made farmable
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REPRODUCED FROM HOLDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
by bringing in top soil.
The phosphate mill is producing 525 tons a day, with an
average moisture content of 4.9%. Three kilns were in operation at the time of this inspectione Proposals to renovate
three other kilns would increase the output to an estimated
900 tons per daye
Viarehouse storage for the dried phosphate is ample for
the present. An over-water conveyor carries the phosphate
from warehouse to ship, which is moored to offshore buoys
and "dead men" on the shoree Japanese cargo ships arrive
on an average of one every three weeks, except for a period
extending from mid-Cctober through mid-December, when sea
conditions are too rough for loading. Average rate of loading is 250 tons per hour. During this inspection, a Japanese
ship stood in and moored for loading.
(f)
Rehabilitation on Angaur is essentially completed.
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