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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1989Vol. 59, No. 13

Pacific

pp. 1-5 · Read in the full issue

Islands

Monthy

American Samoa US$2.OO Australia A 52.50 Cook Islands NZ$3.OO Fiji F 51.75 Hawaii US$2.5O Kiribati A 52.00 Nauru A 52.00 New Caledonia CFP2SO New Zealand NZ$3.OO Niue NZ$2.5O Norfolk Island A 52.00 Papua New Guinea K 2.00 Solomon Islands 552.00 Tahiti CFP3OO Tonga P 2.00 Tuvalu A 52.00

Usa Us$3.Oo

USTT and Guam US$2.5O Vanuatu VT2.00 Western Samoa T 2.75 ♦Recommended retail price only

January, 1989

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