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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1957Vol. XXVII, No. 10

Fiji Timber Industry

p. 137 · Read in the full issue

[?]ive Owners [?]Partners interesting Phase of Fiji Timber Industry

ERE has been an interesting change in the timber industry in Fiji. The well-known Isir enterprise, the Nadarivatu ber Company, is adandoning its ations on the northern coast of Levu, where most of the ssible stands of timber have , worked out, and transferring le large island of Kadavu, off south coast of Viti Levu. iere appear to be large areas cod timber country in Kadavu the Goodsir organisation plans ork it, as the Kadavu Timber pany. e Fijians who live there are owners of the land and the Br on Kadavu; and an arrange has been entered into between Company and the Fijians, with knowledge and consent of the rnment, under which the tis join the enterprise as share rs or partners. Provision also ide for the long-term operation is enterprise. , W. E. Goodsir, the managing ;or, who formulated this plan, ‘ well-known Deputy Mayor of He has been recently in By, receiving specialist medical tion, and appears now to be K°lv wpII a era in.

Mr. W. E. Goodsir.