THE LONELIEST OF ISLANDS.
GLIMPSE OF MALDEN. ' The barque Triton arrived at Auckland on Thursday from Maiden, one of numerous islands of the South Pacific, with a cargo of guano. Life at the island, it is said, is not life at all, but meivlj , an existence, and a terribly dreary, monotonous existence at that. There 'is not a green blade of grass, let alone a green tree, to refresh tho eye on this pancake of an island. The only product of any commercial value is guano. There aro immenss deposits, the rights for working which are held by a .Melbourne firm. The employees of the firm are the solo inhabitants of the island, and their duty is to collect the guano, and prepare it for shipmenti There arc only seven white men at the island. Working under these are abiut 100 natires, recruited chiefly from Aitutaki and Both the white men and the natives sign an agreement to work at-Maiden for a term of one year, at the end of which tiling they are taken home in the ships trading to the island. The inhabitants are well-cared for by the Company. Alwut three or four vessels, ae a rule, call at the island during the year.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1105, 19 April 1911, Page 4
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206THE LONELIEST OF ISLANDS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1105, 19 April 1911, Page 4
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