Economist for Cook Is.

t Triplets (a rarity among Fijians) born at Savusavu on February 18 are making good progress at the local hospital. All are boys and are named Samuela, Eliki and Kitione.

Local Fijians have provided a trust

fund, and gifts and contribui have helped to provide the sp food required. The mother, Matavuva, is with the babies aj hospital, where the father, S Dudo, is working as a grounds

Professor H. Belshaw, Economist at Victoria University College, Wellington, NZ, who, with Mr. V. D. Stace, economist of the Reserve Bank of NZ, will carry out an economic survey of the Cook Islands this year. Professor Belshaw recently has conducted similar surveys in the Manu’a Islands of American Samoa, and in the Tokelaus.—Photo: D. E. Ross.