Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-01
A HAPPY SPOT OF EARTH
No Money; No Individual Property ;
 No Crime on Pitcairn Island.

The bark Mikado, Capt. Bum, arrived yesterday from San Francisco with cargo of dyewood, after a passage of 122 days. Capt Bunn reports that on Feb. Il he hove to off Pitcairn Island, and his vessel was visited by two boat loads of natives, with whom he traded
 This solitary little island in the south ern Pacific is the home of one of the happiest civilized communities in the world, and the rest of the world is al- ways glad to get the latest news from it. The island lies out of the track of ordi- nary navigation in latitude twenty-five degrees south and longitude one hundred and thirty degrees west, and its only reg ular communication with the outside world Is once in eighteen months, when British man-Of-war touches there. It was settled by the ancestors of the pres ent inhabitants, nlnety-nlne years ago.. Nine mutineers from the British ship, Bounty founded the colony. They in- duced six men and twelve women from Tahiti to join them, and the descendants from the original twenty-seven now number about 300.
 The only difficulty encountered was that finally the colonies outgrew the producing capacity of the island, which is only two and one-quarter miles long and a mile wide. About thirty-two years ago the Over-Crowded condition of the island led Great Britain to offer the cOlOnists the island of Norfolk for an otfshOot settlement. All of the Pit carians moved there, but part of them returned and the population of the island is now IF. The people elect an- nually a chief magistrate and deputy. All property among them is owned in common, and money is not known on the island. The people live in native built cottages, raise all manner of fruits and vegetables in the balmy climate, and catch fish in the sea. They have church and a school, and are fairly we'll educated and intelligent. Sickness and crime are practically unknown among them. Capt. Bum says of his visit to the island:
 "We hove to in Bounty Bay, the only landing on the precipitOus coast. Two large boats which they called the Queen Victoria and the Admiral Drew put off to us. lnelf Cnlel, huSSeH MCCOy, splendidly built stalwart man of middle age, welcomed us and offered the freest hospitality. He came on board clad in suit of white with a felt hat and wear ing red rose buttonniere. They brought Us melons, yams, oranges, pineapples, vegetables, and beautiful bouquet. The only flowers in the bouquet that had ever seen before were roses and a variety of geranium. l never met more Cour- teous gentlemen than these natives of Pitcairn proved to be. offered to pay for the supply of fruit and fish they provided, but they declined money, saying 1t was of no use to them. gave them some bacon, coffee, soap and suit of clothes. They gave me about twenty letters to forward, most of them to Tahiti. Chief Mccoy told me that everybody on the island was well and happy. l discovered that they used no liquor of any description, and that thry didn't smoke. We remained there only two or three hours, and none of us went ashore. When we left, the two boats crews gave us round of ringing Yam kee cheers.-N r. Sun.