In This Issue

General

Immigration to Australia 15, 29 Captain Cook symposium 29 Mini United Nations 36 Starfish saga 41 Capt. Driver of the "Charles Doggett" 81 Book on adoption 95 BP's under pressure 103 Shipping rates rise 107 Study of ocean floor 109 Islands' shares drop 119

American Samoa

Firearms' law 33 Bar Association 51

Cook Islands

Albert Henry and SPC 26 Low wages and spiralling costs ... 72 Mew barge and lighterage company 107

: Iji

ndependence ... 24 Fipping—threat to culture 37 Trials of being a teacher 40 lohn Griffin reports 48

Soyal automatic landing 49

Mo excess profits for foreign com panies 69 >enarau Is. land development 71 >euba development 116 raveuni Plantation bought 117

French Polynesia

Preparations for the Games 44 Games emblem design 44 Top prices for vanilla 118

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Constitutional changes 27 Robbie Roberts leaves 27 Attempt to introduce taxis ... ... 51 Picture series 98

Nauru

Moon rocks 30 Kinza Clodumar's letter 37 F. J. Moss' visit 1887 87

New Caledonia

Islander comes into fortune 33 Mercy flight diversions 35 Workers from the New Hebrides 61 Major port development 109 Oysters H 7 More cars 120 Marine training programme 122

New Hebrides

Fly plague 51 Wildlife preservation 51 Workers leaving for New Caledonia 61 Gilbertese workers on strike 67 Why popular among businesses? ... 115

Niue

Derivation of thank you 33 Haircutting ritual 35

Norfolk

Australia tax investigation ... 121

Papua-New Guinea

Waigani seminar 28 Heinrich Wahlen dies 32 Changes in top posts 31 No converts 34 Age of consent 39 Profile on Rudolf Janke 39 Constitutional conference 46 Comment by John Ryan 47 Population expansion 47 Motorcycling 54 "Mission in the mud" 57 New book—Tangu traditions 95 Patair take-over bid ... 120 Hotel plan collapse 120

Solomons

New elections 26 Starfish for souvenirs 41 Shark attacks 51 Salvage company 101 Shell collecting IQI

Tonga

Independence 22 Fruit salad 33 Prostitution 35 Articles disappear in the mail 37

U.S. Trust Territory

Kwajalein not a missile base 36 Skipjack fishing project 51 Agricultural chemicals cause killings 102

Western Samoa

Crime rate down 31 Home-brewing a problem 51

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor, 15; Topicalities, 33; Editor's Mailbag, 36; Footnotes with Percy Chatterton, 38; In a Nutshell, 51; People, 52; From the Islands Press, 71; Magazine Section, 81; Yesterday, 92; Book Reviews, 95; Sh.ppmg, 103; Cruismg Yachts, 111; Produce Prices, 123; Shipping and Airways Schedules, 125; Deaths, 131; Practical Planter, 137; Classified Advertisements, 130; Advertisers' Index, 132.