Cocoa Allocations

REVISED international allocations of cocoa which were published in Lon don in September were as follows: Of the allocation to the United King dom of 100,840 tons, 97,00 tons will come from British West Africa, 2,340 from the British West Indies, 500 from West ern Samoa and 1,000 from Latin American countries.

Allocations for the United States will consist of 60,000 tons from Brazil, 3,580 from the British West Indies, 120,000 from British West Africa, 20,000 from French West Africa, 500 from the New Hebrides and 54.750 from other Latin American countries .making a total of 258,830 tons. —From the “Public Ledger.”

Miss A. M. Uphill, of the Methodist Mission, Fiji, is at present on leave in South Australia.

Dr. A. Hoeger, of the American Luth eran Mission, New Guinea, was one of 75 women doctors who served with the American forces during the war. She is at present on leave in Australia but ex pects soon to return to medical mission ary work in New Guinea.

The Rev. and Mrs. Maurice Nixon of the LMS, have now returned to Papua after furlough in England.

Mr. H. C. Corry, of Ivatu Plantation, Guadalcanal, plans to return to the Sol omons in January. He has been living in Sydney for the last six months since he resigned his commission in the BSI Labour Corps. Although the outlook for the old BSI planters seems as hopeless as ever, Mr. Corry intends to go back and at least look the ground over.

Sister Jean Christopher, of the Metho dist Overseas Mission recently returned to her work in New Britain. During the war she was a POW in Japan.