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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1955Vol. XXVI, No.1

Polynesian Society Journa[?]

p. 92 · Read in the full issue

ONE of the oldest continuing anthropological journals in thr world, the authoritative Journas of the Polynesian Society (Welling* ton, NZ) appears in a bright new dress for the first number of thr 64th volume. . . ...

The policy of this quarterly studf of the indigenous peoples of thr Pacific area, however, remains unn di&n^Gd.

The current (March) issue include a paper on the Fijian system o kinship and marriage by R. H Nayacakalau, of the Department o Anthropology, Auckland Umversitt College, and another on the Paloll« by William Burrows. t Shell Petroleum Co. announced i:i London in July that two ten-seato.

S-55 helicopters have been ordereo for off-shore oil exploration operas tions in the Persian Gulf, Borneo? and New Guinea waters.