Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1956Vol. XXVI, No.12

Drought

p. 28 · Read in the full issue

Page 2828

Suva Has An Official

ACCORDING to the Fiji official Newsletter, the international definition of a drought is 15 consecutive days without rain.

Suva has one of these May-June, when 22 rainless days were recorded.

This is something of a record for Suva, of course, but no matter what may be the international ruling on the subject, it is scarcely worth counting in most regions of the earth. if During May, New Guinea Gold fields Ltd. produced 1,179 ozs. gold, 1,317 ozs. silver from Golden Ridges Mill; 108 ozs. fine gold from Koranga Alluvials; 188 ozs. fine gold from tributes, and 280,472 super ft. of timber.

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