Pacific

Islands

Monthly

Vol. VIII. No. 5.

December 21, 1937

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AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF SALAMAUA which, it is suggested, may be the future administrative centre of New Guinea. The picture shows— M Kila Point, across the harbour from Salamaua. for steamers 3: Probable site of new, deep-

wafer wharves. 4: Cape Parsee, af the end of the precipitous, wooded promontory. 5, 6 : The narrow Salamaua isthmus, along which the town is built. 7: Mouth of Francisco river. 8: The aerodrome (about two miles from the town).