4Th Edition Of P-Ng Handbook

Now Available

THE Fourth Edition of The Handbook of Papua-New Guinea was published at the end of August. It is 100 pages larger and a good deal more handsome than the Third Edition, published in 1961, and production called for the usual amount of toil and sweat from Pacific Publications Pty. Ltd’s, editorial staff; and for patience and good nature on the part of senior Administration officers in the Territory who supplied factual and statistical material.

The 4th Edition, which norm ally was due in 1963, was held over until this year in order that the political changes that have recently taken place could be fully documented. All material has been fully revised and op portunity has been taken, at the same time, to completely re arrange the book in more attract ive form, using photographs and many new maps. The new lay-out and improved index and contents

sections make finding information easier.

All the usual sections are again covered geography, history, people, trade, commerce, industry, transportation and communica tions, finance and taxation, tourism, method of government, etc. and a special feature has been made of the classified business directories for the large towns and lists of non-native residents.

The lists of residents involve something like 14,000 names, based on the electoral rolls. This, we think, is the most ambitious attempt yet to list non-native residents of P-NG between the covers of one book.

A Maprik haus tambaran, in full colour, appears on the cover of the Handbook which sells at 18/6 Aust. plus postage—that is, 3/6 more than the 1961 edition. For a book of 416 pages we still think that’s pretty cheap.