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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 March 1986Vol. 57, No. 3

Contents

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Books 35 Clipperton Island 33 Deaths 57 Fiji 15. 22. 25,41 France 11,20,35 French Polynesia 11,20 Islands Press 50 Kiribati 26 Letters 10 Micronesia 47 New Caledonia 18,45 New Zealand 42 Pacific Report 7 Papua New Guinea. 12,29,33

People 48 PIM Opinion 5 Political Currents 45 Service Page 58 Shipping Schedules 53

Stamps 49

The Month 20 Tradewinds 23 Tropicalities 41 United States 27,47 Vanuatu 23 Western Samoa 39 Yachts 51

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