Two Useful Booklets

have recently been produced by the Government Printer,, Suva. One is a Department of Agri culture Bulletin dealing with copra drying; and copra dryers; the other is a brochure on sustained yield management of the; mangrove salt-water forests of Fiji. (The copra-drving bulletin is by Mr.

W. J. Blackie, Deputy Director of Agri culture. It is illustrated by eight photo graphs from Public Relations Office files,, and after discussing the general problem j of the drying of copra, deals in detail with j sundrying and with types of kiln which j are suitable for use in Fiji. The bulletin] (price 1/-) is on sale at the Department: of Agriculture, Suva.

The brochure on mangrove cultivation! is by Mr. Colin Marshall, until recently' Conservator of Forests in Fiji. It de scribes the various types of mangrove e trees growing in Fiji, and the uses toe which the trees have been, and can be,, put. He then shows how, by controlled! cutting and planting, the yield of the* mangrove forests can be maintained atd a maximum.

The brochure, 2/-, is on sale at thee Government Printing Office, Suva.

The Rev. M. G. Wilmshurst, Chairmanr of the Methodist Mission in Fiji, left Suva* in December on six months’

During his absence the Rev. S. G. Andrewsa will act as Chairman.