Anthropologists.

NEW GUINEA, owing to the number and variety of its primitive types, has become one of the places of chief interest to the world’s anthropologists, and many scientists are turning their attention to the Territory.

We are indebted to a valued corre spondent for the following notes.

Dr. Raymond Firth has accepted an appointment to the School of Economics of London University, as a lecturer in Social Anthropology, where he will be associated with professors Bronislau Malinowski and Seligmann, both well known in the field of Papuan ethnog raphy. Dr. Firth is a brilliant young"

New Zealander, whose book “Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Maori” got him his Doctorate in London School of Economics. He subsequently spent a year on field-work in the Polynesian out lier of the Solomons, Tikopia, and has been acting Professor of Anthropolgy at Sydney University since Professor Rad cliffe Brown’s departure for the United States, two years ago.

Dr. Ian Hogbin, who has been assist ant to Dr. Firth as lecturer in Anthro pology in Sydney University, goes out to field research on Guadalcanar, Solomon Islands.

Mr. J. H. Todd, Science and Anthro pology graduate of Sydney, who has been associated with the Sydney Uni versity School of Anthropology for the past year as Research Assistant, is go ing out on a year’s field research to Moewe-hafen (Gasmata District of New Britain).

Dr. Hogbin and Mr. Todd are being financed by grants-in-aid from the Rockefeller fund for anthropological re search, administered by the Australian- National Research Council.

Dr. Gregory Bateson, financed by his English Alma Mater, is still at work up the Sepik River of New Guinea —a field hitherto untouched. His recent contri bution to “Oceania” (the journal of the Sydney anthropological interests) on these people is one of great interest and scientific value.

Mr. W. C. Groves, who is at present at Fison village, 65 miles from Kavieng, in New Ireland, carrying out anthropologi cal research under a Fellowship granted him by Australian National Research Council, expects to move on to Finscha fen (Huon Peninsula, mainland of New Guinea) in January, and probably will return to Sydney in April.

Dr. Rio Fortune and his wife (Dr.

Margaret Mead) are still at work behind Wiwak, Aitape District of New Guinea, Nothing is yet known definitely of the future of the Anthropology School at Sydney University, which is maintained largely by Commonwealth grant. Though there are no cadets at present awaiting anthropological training from the New Guinea service, it would be a pity to see the closing down of an institution which, in a few years, has made such a large contribution towards our understanding of the life of primitive man in the Pa cific and Australia, and towards the science of his government.

Mr. Frank H. Cunningham, who had been a member of the Tongan public service for 40 years, mostly as harbour master and Customs Collector at Vavau and Haapai, collapsed and died suddenly at Haapai on October 19,