R. A. Derrick to Retire

IT is expected that Mr. R.

Derrick, Supervisor of Teo nical Services in Fiji, w. shortly go on overseas leave pr~ to retirement.

He has given high service technical education in Fiji. He w well-known for his technical trait, ing with the Methodist Mission b fore he joined the Governm© Education Department and h: been the originator of a numb of well-equipped technical trainii centres in the Colony and in ado. tion is the author of a compn hensive geographical handbook - Fiji and of a history of the grpi( up to the time of Cession. He n cently completed a survey of tf technical education of Paci;i peoples for the South Pacific Con mission.

After his retirement he will td come Curator of the Fiji Museuii