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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1984Vol. 55, No. 9

Contents

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Australia 35 Books 43 Canada 54 Deaths 73 Fiji 46,54 France 11,65 French Polynesia 27,41 Hawaii 31 Islands Press 63 Japan 43 Kiribati 55 Letters 10 Malaria 14 Micronesia 10,33, 56 Migration 52 Nauru 73

New Caledonia 25 New Zealand 41 Pacific Report 5 Papua New Guinea .10,21,37, 49 People 61 PIM Opinion 5 Political Currents 65 Service Page 74 Shipping Schedules 69 Solomon Islands 41 The Month 25 Tradewinds 35 Tropicalities 53 U.S 10,41,56 Vanuatu 20,29,59 Western Samoa 45

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