News of Papua.
IN THE ANNUAL REPORT.
OPTIMISTIC OF THE FUTURE. (By Electric Telegraph —Copyright] [United Press Association. I (.Received 10.20 a.m.) Melbourne, December 19. The animal report of the Lieutenant Governor of Papua shows that there was a decrease in the imports and a good increase in exports. The total revenue was £8249. Ten thousand acres more land were brought under cultivation during the year. The European population increased by 152. .Native labor is offering more freely for the plantations. The Natives are showing more readiness to accept the European remedies for disease, and submitted freely to vaccination, believing that it protects them against the influences of sorcerv.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 93, 19 December 1913, Page 5
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109News of Papua. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 93, 19 December 1913, Page 5
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