Contents

Page Pacific Islands Travellers iii.

Coconuts and Goldmines v.

N.I. Administration Changes 1 Union Co.’s New Islands Vessel .. . . 1 N.G. Gold Royalty 2 Crime in the Solomons 2 Copra Market Reports 4 Probable Effects of Americanising S.I.

Group 5 Kata Rangoso Visits Sydney 6 Tropicalities 7 About Islands People 8 Isolated Among Headhunters .. .. 10 Germany and Her Colonies 12 General McNicoll —a Personal Sketch 13 Fiji’s Gold Boom 14 N.G.G. Ltd. Reduce Capital by 75 per cent. 15 Through Unknown New Guinea .. .. IS Sir Hubert Murray’s Rule in Papua . . 21 Samoan Mau is Quiet 25 Copra Tax in Samoa 2S An Aggrieved Anthropologist . . .. 29

Page New Caledonian Notes 81 Early Days in Papua 85 The Pomare Family 36 Child Welfare in Fiji 40 Samoa’s Trade 42 Extraordinary Exchange Position in New Hebrides 43 Papuan Gold Seekers Active .. .. 46 Assaults on N.G. Native Labourers .. 51 Fashion Hints for Islands Women .. 54 Housekeeping in the Tropics .. .. 56 Little Islanders’ Corner 57 Round the World in a Chinese Junk .. 58 “Sly Grog” in Samoa 59 Useful Yam Recipes 62 Pacific Mining Notes 64 Morobe Warden’s Report 68 History of N.G.G. Ltd. 69 British Pacific Shipping 71 Law and Order in Polynesia 72 Market Quotations 73 Islands Produce Prices 74 Pacific Islands Shipping Services 75