Tropics
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To Preserve Books in the Tropics
REV. John W. Dixon, of Salamo, Papua, writing in the “Mission Review”, gives the following useful informa tion for preserving books in the tropics:— Make a solution comprising: 1 oz. cor rosive sublimate, 1 oz. carbolic acid, and 2 pints methylated spirits. Paint it lightly on both the inside and outside covers of books, especially along the margin and backs where paste has been used. After the solution has dried, the books can be handled with perfect safety.
It is further suggested that Islands bookbinders could help to resist the insect plague by adding half an ounce of copper sulphate to every pound of paste used in binding.
Nurse Dorothy Holmes arrived in Rabaul, New Guinea, in March, to take up duties with the Methodist Mission.
Mrs. M. E. Thompson, who has served for a number of years as head of the Methodist Mission’s large girls’ school at Nukualofa, Tonga, will shortly retire.