[?]ountain-dwellers

[?]eline after [?]iqration to Coast

NLY one linguistic group in Bougainville has a declining ;birthrate, and the causes of this e been investigated by a medical I Native Affairs patrol.

Papua-New Guinea Health De tment official has commented t these people, who belong to Kunuawni district of north tgainville, moved down from the mtains to the coast several years Since then there has been a ked decline in their numbers. )r reasons so far unknown, the 3le seemed reluctant to return he area where they had thrived many years. le patrol, which started late in ust, was the first in the district a considerable time.