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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1984Vol. 55, No. 12

Contents

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Books 43 Deaths 73 Easter Island 54

Escap 41

Fiji 17

French Polynesia 33 Hawaii 31,45, 55 Islands Press 61 Letters 10 Micronesia 29, 31 New Caledonia 28 Pacific Report 7 Papua New Guinea 10, 43 People 63

Pettini Diary 47 PIM Opinion 5 R. W. Robson Obituary 23 Service Page 74 Shipping Schedules 69 South Pacific Conference 19 Stamp Box 59 The Month 28 Tradewinds 37 Tropicalities 53 United States 12, 29, 31 Vanuatu 41,47,53,60 Western Samoa 60 Yachts 65

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