Facts—Mixed

Specially designed for aerial Frank dunes who like statistics with their travel. This notice board is one o the few distractions at Port Moresby’s new but temporary in ternational airport terminal—there is going to be a better one later on.

The figures are quite interesting, even if it is only because some of them show how Port Moresby has grown in post-war years. But whether you are the ‘ Before type, who still calls a spade a shovel, or a sensitive “Behind’ , with

a don’t-let’s-hurt-anyone’s-feelings

complex, the three divisions into which they have divided the popu lation are merely confusing.

If “indigenous” means native, or born in the country, non-indigenous refers to people who were not— which includes most of Port Moresby’s 4,470 Europeans. So if the 11,000 “indigenous” include natives from other parts of P-NG, then who in fact are the 530. not - born -in - the - country, non indigenous? Not Chinese—there are very few in Port Moresby. If they are people of mixed blood (who cer tainly were born in the country) it might have been less confusing to call them by the honourable term of “Euronesian” which is used in the rest of the Pacific.