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Pacific Islands Travellers 1 How New World Policy Affects Pacific Islands 3,4, 5 Our Birthday 5 Samoan Situation 6, 10 Economy in Samoa 7 Coconut Crabs 8 Aiagairi—A Papuan Tale 9 Tropicalities 10 Another Pitcairner Dead 11 About Islands People 12 Papuan Legislative Council . . . . 13 Tung Oil Cultivation 16 Death of W. A. Wilson (Cook Is.) . . 17 Unconquered Papua 18 Helping Islands’ Planters 19 W. R. Carpenter & Co.’s Annual Report 20 Are N.G. Natives Restless? .. .. 21 Fifty Years in Papua .. .. .. . . 22 Papuan Patrols 24

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Cook Is. Cricket Interlude 26 Life of “Judge” Gurr 27 Swedish Writer Looks at Samoa . . 28 Echo of 1880 29 Mosquito Control 30 N.G. Solicitor Convicted 32 New Guinea News 33 Norfolk Is. News 34 Torres Straits’ Teachers 35 Samoan Notes 36 Tahiti En Fete 37 Copra Market 39 Indians in Fiji 40, 41 Cook Is. Notes 41 Sydney—As Seen by an Islander .. 42 N.G. Aerial Services 43 Pacific Fruit Trade 44 N.G- & Papuan Gold Share Market . 44 Market Quotations 45 Exchange Quotations 46 Shipping Services 47, 48