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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1970Vol. 41, No. 7

SPC handbooks

p. 97 · Read in the full issue

The South Pacific Commission has published three small hand books. Improving Land Tenure is a shortened version of a technical paper written by Ron Crocombe now of the University of the South Pacific. It gives the ins and outs of owning and registering land in the South Pacific.

Banana Production In The South Pacific, edited by M.

Lambert, has already been quoted from extensively in PIM and is a valuable guide for anyone starting up or maintaining his plantation.

Laboratory Techniques In The Diagnosis Of Some Intestinal Parasitic Infections, by Lawrence Ash is a useful guide to the medical profession. All are priced 50 cents; Inquiries should be addressed to SPC Publications Bureau, GPO Box 5254, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2001.