Contents

Pacific Islands Travellers 1, 74 Why Sir Charles Rosenthal? 3 Future of Samoa 4 Gov.-General Visits Papua and N.G. 4 Transfer of New Hebrides 5 Volcanoes Quiet in N. Guinea 5 8.5.1. Gold 6 Pacific Fliers Lost 7 Rich New Guinea 7 Rabaul’s Future 8 New N.I. Administrator 8 Rewa Bridge Completed in Fiji 9 U.S.A. Claims Canton Island 10 Tropicalities n About Islands Pepple 12 Evacuation .of Rabaul ... ... 16, 72 Nazi Propaganda in N.G 17 Fiji’s Legislative Council 18 The Hupi Hats of Bougainville 20 Tongan Notes ... 22 French Oceania and U.S.A 23

Men Who Knew Yesterday—Captain S. Mortimer 26 Pirates’ Gold in Fr. Oceania 29 Geoff. Clift —An Appreciation 30 Solomon Islands News 34 Terror of the N.G. Eruption 35 Asiatic Labour and New Guinea 41 Activity in Dutch N.G 42 The Boy-King of Tahiti & His Treaty 45 Twenty Days in an Open Boat 47 Future of N.G. Goldfields Ltd 50 N.G.’s Advantage Over Australia 54 A Fijian Canoe for Tonga 64 Tahiti Notes 65 Official Survey of Kermadecs 67 Pacific Islands Mining Notes 68 Islands Produce and Exchange 75 Copra Market Prices ... 76 Shipping Timetables 77 Index to Volume VII 79