Guano From Islands In
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South China Sea
Hong Kong, May.
ENOUGH guano is available in the Par acel Islands of the South China Sea to fertilize all of South China, ac cording to a Chinese scientific mission which recently returned to Canton.
Professor Wang Kwang-wei of the National Chungshan University, who headed the mission, estimated that there were over one million tons of guano lying around the islands.
The mission spent a month in the islands studying agricultural, fishery, geo logical and meteorological prospects. The Chinese government plans to erect a radio and weather station there, Professor Wang stated.
He said there are 28 islands in the Paracel Group, all heavily wooded and rich in natural resources, including gold.
The fishing grounds were abundant in all kinds of marine products, including gigantic sea turtles.
The mission found a number of ancient Chinese coins and iron implements which prove Chinese sovereignty over the islands, and disprove French claims that the islands were originally parts of the Em pire of Annan. The Chinese garrison re cently ejected French forces who tried to land there. United Press.
The buying price for trocas shell on the beach at Suva was announced on May 12 as £25 a ton of 2,240 lb.