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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1986Vol. 57, No. 5

Contents

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Books 44 Deaths 57 Fiji 24, 27, 33 _. O . ’

French Polynesia 25, 26 Islands Press 38 Kiribati 39, 40, 41 Letters 10 Mi( , mnoe io ic Micronesia... 16 New Caledonia 21 New Zealand 14 Pacific Report 7

Papua New Guinea 19, 20, 32 4 ?

PIM Opinion 5 Po ,j tj( £| Currents 24 Service Page 58 Shipping Schedules 52

Stamps... 42

The Month 25 Unjted States 11 Vanuatu 13 Women 22, 23 Yachts 50

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