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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1949Vol. XIX, No. 12

Celebrations

p. 11 · Read in the full issue

Fiji Cession Day

OCTOBER 10 of this year will mark the 75th anniversary of the cession of Fiji to the British Crown and plans are being made to celebrate the occasion fittingly.

Local committees are to be set up in centres outside Suva by District Commis sioners and District Officers to organise local celebrations. In Suva, the organisa tion will be in the hands of the Director of Education, assisted by a committee.

Special commemorative metal boxes have been ordered from England and these will be distributed to school child ren throughout the Colony.