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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1986Vol. 57, No. 1

Contents

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Australia 27, 35 Books 35 Cook Islands 44 Deaths 57 Easter Island 20 Energy 38 Fiji 37 France 48 French Polynesia 33 Guam 47 Hawaii 45 Islands Press 42 Kiribati 7 Letters 8 Mexico 9 Micronesia 8 Nauru 8 New Caledonia 15, 23

Pacific Report 6 Papua New Guinea 10 People 50 PIM Opinion 5 Political Currents 47 Service Page 58 Shipping Schedules 53 Solomon Islands 24,45

Stamps 49

The Month 23

Tonga 43

Tradewinds 27 Tropicalities 43 Tuvalu 32 United States 19,29 Vanuatu 44 Western Samoa 33 Yachts 52

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