Cooks To Pep Up Copra

The Cook Islands Administration has been advertising for an agri cultural extension officer. His prin cipal function will be the develop ment of the local copra industry, which received sharp criticism in the Stace-Belshaw Economic Survey of the Cook Islands made several years ago.

Since that survey was published a good deal has been done, mainly through the newly formed Social Development Department, in stimu lating interest in copra, especially in the establishment of modern driers within the financial reach of the people, and to some extent in replanting.