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t Edition of Pacific Islands Year Book Published 51 oks for Tropical Agriculturalists 91 t of Pacific Botanists 91 w Pacific Bibliography 91 lynesian Airlines' Plans 121 sre Millions in Carpenter Empire 127 mtas, Fiji Airways, TEAL Profits 130

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ift Voyage to New Hebrides 10 ossing Has Claimed Many Victims 10 jit Control Scheme Change 67 II naban Settlement on Rabi 31 lephone Link with Honiara 47 va Building Developments 54 Momentous Decision" Ahead 55 soe Copra Report 57 )w Silsoe Report Originated 59 ssons for Copra Planters in Report 61 ptimism On Future 65 test Population Figures 65 icient Pottery Found 79 mana Pact with Japan Likely ... 127 igar Hopes Remain Bright 129 rger Factory for Fiji Tobacco 130 jckshall's Annual Report 130 ;w Hotels, Increased Tourism ... 133

Iench Polynesia

hiti's Nature Man 77 ;w Honolulu-Tahiti Air Service 119 ps May Open Tuna Base 119 sgionaires for A-Base 121 ipeete Harbour Development 121

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Advisory Council Inaugurated 8 Evolution of Gilbertese "Boti" 92 Tarawa Port Unusually Busy 99 Colony Becomes Tourist Conscious 134

Lord Howe Island

Governor-General's Visit 8, 101

Nauru

Delay On Resettlement 30

New Caledonia

Tree Planting Plan 13 Japanese Tuna Fishing 103 Economy Healthier 121 Repatriation of Vietnamese 121

New Hebrides

Drift Voyage Ends at Erromanga 10 Manihiki - Rakahanga Crossing Has Claimed Many Lives 10 Letters on Condominium Conditions 41 Relations "Excellent" 45 First Frozen Beef Exports 49 Chamber of Commerce's First Session 119

Norfolk Island

Governor-General's Visit 8, 101

Papua-New Guinea

Rare Shell Found 9 Display at Melbourne Show 11 Streamlined Army 11 Growth of CWA 15 Kukukuku Not What They Were 17 Old Hands Retiring 19

Book by J. K. McCarthy 21 New Guinea Wanted As Name 36 Scientists Busy In Highlands 71 Pat Byrne (Hilder Profile) 78 History of P-NG Exploration 85 Book by Judge Selby 87 "Birds of New Guinea" 88 Old Rabaul Wharf Demolished 97 Wharf to Serve Cameron Plateau 101 Tenders Called for Lighthouses 101 Predicting Volcanoes' Behaviour 121 Steamships Trading Co. Profit 127 Placer Development Accounts 127 Heavy Trading in Pacific Is. Mines Shares 130 Mariboi Rubber's Production Up 130 Lower Gold Production 130 F. H. Stephens Increase Profit 130

Pitcairn Island

Population Decreasing 13 History in Figures 13 Last of the McCoys Dies 125

Solomon Islands

Money for Development 29 Telephone Link with Fiji 47 Police Chief Retires 72 Loss of Spanish Ship in 1595 81 New Timber Company 119 Internal Air Service Delay 121

South Pacific Commission

25th Session 7 Coconut Market Inquiry 7

Tonga

Queen Salote Closes Parliament 9 Fishing Vessel in Business 103 Welcome for Copra Board Ship ... 105

Western Samoa

Dispute Over Tamasese Title 48 Loan for Harbour Works 97 Attempts to Influence Judiciary 122

DEPARTMENTS: Tropicalities, 13; Magazine Section, 77; New Books, 85; Shipping, 95; In A Nutshell, 119; People, 122; Deaths of Islands People, 125; Commerce, 127; Travel Talk, 133; Shipping and Airways Timetables, 13