Nauru's Vital
pp. 23-24 · Read in the full issue
Statistics
The UN Report on Nauru gives the following facts and figures: Population of Nauru as at June, 1961 was: 2,409 Nauruans, 712 Chinese, 324 Australians and 1,094 from other Pacific islands. More than half the Nauruans are under 16.
Nauruans are Australian pro tected persons”.
There are 403 employees of the Public Service out of a total establishment of 479. As at June, 1961, 346 positions were filled by Nauruans, 29 by other Pacific Islanders, 20 by Chinese and 26 (all principal executive posts) by Australians.
The Nauru Local Government Council comprises nine mem bers elected by universal suffrage at four year intervals.
Voting is compulsory.
All expenses of the admini stration (£470,667 in 1961) are paid by the British Prosphate Commissioners, who have so far extracted 28 million tons of phosphate, and have remaining reserves of 62,851,218 tons (1961 estimate).
T err tor i e s °f the South Pacific were never before more directly affected in peacetime by events and developments in international affairs present and pending. What is described here on this page and pace 2\ is part of the world pattern.