Papeete's Municipal Councillors

Members of the Municipal Council of Papeete, Tahiti. The Mayor, M. Brault, is seated third from the left; he is flanked by his first assistant, M. Poroi, second from the left, and by the second assistant, M. Spitz, fourth from the left - It was reported recently that the Municipal Council had been dissolved by Commandant Richard Brunot (Acting-Governor of Tahiti) and replaced by eleven councilmen nominated by him; the caption on this photograph, received from Papeete last month, did not indicate whether the above councillors are the original members or the new nominees.