South Pacific
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Mr. W. V. D. Pieris, the Soc Pacific Commission’s specialist the coconut industry, left Noun on January 8 for Honolulu, en ro to the Trust Territory of Mio nesia where, at the request of Administration, he proposes study the history, current probLJ and future development of coconut industry in the territory visit representative plantations : indigenous plantings, and to m growers and examine areas selea for new plantings.
Valuable Technical Pape
The Commission is issuing a seif of Technical Papers mainly co prising reports on projects be carried out in the fields of econoi development, health, and social velopment. Titles issued over past six months are: A Survey of Leprosy in British Solomon Islands Proti torate. By Dr. C. J. Austin, Direct Mokogai Leprosy Hospital, F. 12 pp., map.
Coral as a Building Mater 10 pp., bibliography.
Current Research in the Sot Pacific in the Field of Econon Development. 82 pp., map.
Bibliography of Cargo Cults a other Nativistic Movements in % South Pacific. By Ida Leeson, fora Mitchell Librarian. 16 pp., map.( Cocoa Plantation Management Western Samoa. By D. R. A. Ed'J General Manager, New Zealai Reparation Estates and W.
Edwards, Assistant General Ma ager. 20 pp., diagrams.
Types of Organisation in Ad\ and Mass Literacy Work. By D.
Roberts, Organiser of Island Lite ature, South Pacific Commissi© 10 pp., map, A Survey of Malaria in the Briti Solomon Islands Protectorate.
Dr. R. H. Black, School of Pubc Health and Tropical Medicii University of Sydney. 42 p:
bibliography, appendices.
Rhinoceros Beetle Control in tJ Kingdom of Tonga. By L.
Dumbleton, Plant and Anim Quarantine Officer, South Paci;j Commission. 10 pp.
The Purari Delta—Backgrout and Progress of Community D( velopment, 37 pp.
Cocoa Growing in Fiji Islano By D. H. Urquhart, former Direct;! of Agriculture, Gold Coast. 18 pji table, maps.
Copies of Technical Papers ai available at 2/6 per copy fro: Commission headquarters, or froc GPO Box 5254, Sydney, Australl —post free by surface mail.