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38. King, W. G. Lawes . . . , 64-5. 39. Unds Ccmmissici,, Land claim Central No. 61 decision of April 11, 1958, Port Moresby. 40. John Williams. A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea Islands, (Lon don, 1837), 327-8; Gill, 87. 41. A. W. Murray, 'Voyage to Port Moresby Retrieve' March 3—April 3, 1874, 42. King, W. G. Lawes . . . , 71. 43. Murray, 265. 44. Lawes was a scholar-missionary who studied Motu thoroughly and translated a number of books, hymns, scriptures, marriage and burial services prayers, geography and arithmetic books, etc., for use by the mission. His major works included a Motu dictionary, the New Testament and part of the Old Testament, See King, W. G Lawes . . . , 292.
45. S. M. McFarlane, 'Fifth voyage of Ellen gowan,' March 20-April 1, 1875, SSJ. 46. S. M. McFarlane, 'Seventh voyage of Ellengowan,' June 12-July 13, 1875. 47. McFarlane, 'Fifth voyage . . 48. Chalmers, 'Rarotonga to Stacey Island (South Cape)' May 21-Dec. 21, 1877, SSJ. 49. W. G. Lawes 'Voyage of Mayri to Hood Point,' 1875, SSJ. 50. W. G. Lawes, Journal, October 29, 1877, 281 (kindly lent by Dr A. Prendergast). 51. Chalmers, 'Rarotonga to Stacey Island . . . ,' 100-101. 52. Gill, 265. Since leaving Manumanu, Piri and his wife had been convalescing at Cape York. They were not well enough to accompany the first group to Port Moresby but went there with Murray in April, 1874.
Piri worked and died at Boera.
53. James Chalmers, 'Rarotonga to Stacey Island'; 'Report of the voyage of Bertha . . .' May 21-Dec. 21, 1877, SSJ. 54. Lovett, James Chalmers . . . , 269-77. 55. W. G. Lawes to IMS, April 12, 1898, London Missionary Society's South Seas Letters (hereafter SSL); W. G. Lawes to LMS 1903, report of Ruatoka's death, SSL. 56. Lovett, James Chalmers . . . , 132-8. 57. A. Pearse, Report for Kerepunu, September
22, 1888, Ssj.
58. George Cousins, The Story of the South Seas, (London, 1894), 198; Lovett, James Chalmers . . . , 136. 59. H. M. Dauncey, 'First days in New Guinea,' September 20-october 6, 1888,
Ssj.
60. Chalmers, Port Moresby District Report,
1884, Ssj.
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61. A. E. Hunt, Port Moresby District Annual Report, 1899, SSJ. 62. Aarne Koskinen, Missionary influence as a political factor in the Pacific Islands, (Helsinki, 1953) 48-9. 63. Extract from Kori Taboro's story. 64. The Queensland Government sent Mr W. B.
Ingham, a Justice of the Peace, to "secure as far as possible the welfare of both parties." King, W. G. Lawes . . . , 163. 65. King, W. G. Lawes . . . , 162; Lovett; James Chalmers . . . , 134, Chester to Colonial Secretary of Queensland, July 20, 1878. 66. Lovett, James Chalmers . . . , 134-5; King, W. G. Lawes . . . , 162-3. 67. Ibid. 68. King, W. G. Lawes . . . , 162. 69. Chalmers, 'Rarotonga to Stacey Island . . . ,' 99-100; Chalmers, Work . . . , 45. 70. James Chalmers, Report for lokea, Decem ber, 1893, SSJ. 71. William MacGregor to Governor of Queens land, 1888-89. British New Guinea Annual Reports, Port Moresby. 72. Moi Higo (assisted by Kaira, Eno, Daure and Pastor Miria Tamarua) 'History of the early missionaries to Boera', 1967. Trans lated by Tamasi Boko, Recorded by Mar jorie Crocombe and Dr Ako Toua.