280 Officers for
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In New Guinea
280 Officers for 146,000 Sq. Miles
UNEXPLORED New Guinea is fast diminishing despite the shortage of held staff for the work.
Acting Director of Native Affairs, Mr. J. K. McCarthy, told the P-NG Legislative Council in October that the main areas still unexplored were some of the lateral valleys in the Southern Highlands, parts of the Star Mountains, on the Dutch border, parts of the headwaters of the Sepik, Fly and Strickland Fivers, and the area north of Kiunga on the Fly.
Now under Administration con trol, said Mr. McCarthy, were 145,890 square miles of territory, and 30,000 square miles under its influence.
A total of 279 officers manned the 15 districts, 51 sub-districts and 17 patrol posts—and most districts were understaffed, he said.