Contents

Page Pacific Islands Travellers 1 The Pacific and the 1936 International Outlook 3 Copra Market Firm 5 S.S. “Mighty Error” 5 New Gold Find in N. Guinea? 5 North Pacific Airways 5 Damnation of Democracy by Fijian High Chiefs 6 Prospects of N.G.G. Ltd 7 Sydney-Tahiti-’Frisco Service 7 Oroville Co. Withdraws from W. Papua 8 N.G. Schooner Lost 8 Leahy Bros. Challenge Jack Hides ... 9 New Fiji Mining Laws 10 Poultry-keeping in the Islands 14 Modern Ulysses in the Marshalls ... 17 Deep-Digging Dredges for Bulolo ... 19 Big Developments in Dutch N.G 22 “Vailala Madness” in Papua 25 New Guinea’s New Currency 26

Page Samoan Council Elections 30 How Fijians Welcomed Queen Salote .. 33 Father Damien, of Molokai 34 Through South Seas in 1885 36 Spectacular End of the Mitiaro 37 Paradise Plumes 38 Early Tonga—Cook’s Manuscript 41 Life on an Islands Outstation 43 Tahitian Ex-Queen’s Fine Tomb 46 Poverty Stricken Fruitgrowers of Cook Islands 49 Beetle Currency in Samoa 52 Marc T. Greene at Geneva 55 Punishment of Native Offenders 58 N.Z. Election and Samoa 59 Fashion Hints for Islands Women 60 Fiji’s Rising Trade 62 Cotton Industry in Fiji 63 Housekeeping in the Tropics 66 Islands Gold Mining Notes 68 South Seas Shipping Services 78