Mission Schools In New

Guinea

Mission schools in the Mandated Ter ritory of New Guinea now number 1,305. Of these, 167 are in the charge of Europeans, and 1,138 are under na tive teachers. The teachers engaged by the various missions comprise 231 Europeans, 4 Asiatics, 1,186 natives, and 1 half-caste. Pupils receiving instruc tion total 36,507.

The figures showing the trade turn over in Western Samoa in the year ended March 31 last indicate a shrink age, but in values rather than in quan tities. The value of the principal ex ports was coora £217,800, cocoa £58,575, rubber £9,655, bananas £24,825.