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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1983Vol. 54, No. 1

Pacific Islands Monthly

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Vol. 55 No. 1 January 1983 (USPS 952480)

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Published monthly by Pacific Publications (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. and printed in Australia by Walter Alteri Printing (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Dingley, Vic.

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American Samoa $US21 $18 Australia $A18 $18 Canada $US27 $25 Cook Islands $19 Fiji $18 French Polynesia $22 Guam $US23 $20 Hawaii

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$20 Japan $20 Kiribati $19 Micronesia $US23 $20 Nauru $21 New Caledonia $22 New Zealand $NZ24 $18 Niue $19 Norfolk Island $15 Northern Marianas $US23 $20 Papua New Guinea $23 Solomon Islands $19 Tonga $19 Tuvalu $19 United Kingdom Stg 15 $25 U.S. Mainland $US27 $25 Vanuatu $19 Western Samoa $18 Elsewhere $A25