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STEADY PROGRESS.

of xew crt>TEA. Sydney, Jar. IC. Evidence of the steady progress being made bv Pritirh New Guinea (Papua) under Australian control is afforded by the annual report of .Judge Murray, the Lieutenant-Governor. For instance, the territorial revenue is now over £60,000; ten years ago, when Australia took control, the revenue wa<» '£lo 000. Th«m 'the European population was 690, now it, ir. 1030 Ten years ago the area under cultivable.-, war. 147(1 acre:.; to-day it is 47.500 iierc'.. The result of all this cultivation i.i t'pg.nning to be seen in increased productiveness, and a great commerce i future seems sasured for these island:-. Gvcc.i areas of new plantations, mostly coconuts and rubber, are coming rr.diply into l-scfulncss. and returning some ot ihe very large amo'-mts of capital invested here. Only the coastal sections of Papua are known ?nd safe for white men; the interior, with its mountains and great river?, its impenetrable jungles, and its ruthless tropical disp!i°c; ~tlll the old dangerou New Guinea. Peaceful penetration goes 011 ste.idily, of course. Valleys that a decade ago would have been a death-trap are to-day freely entered by whites; tribes that would have unhesitatingly eaten a IJuropcan ten years ago arc to-dav harmless. But right on the fringe of civilisation there arc treacherous camiibsl tribe?, Who are u source of constant anxiety to the Administration. During- the year two explorations were made. One expedition went up the Srticl-hmd River, a tributary of the great Fly .Tiivor. The Gogodc.M iride, a p-'ace-fid industrious people, was. visited. Another expedition went up into the Kukukukn country .almost due north of Tort Moresby, and struck into the hitherto unknown country to the north of Mount ule. .Much of the country hereabouts was uninhabited. The explorers kept a look-out; for cannibals, but none were encountered, they were satisfied, however, that the Kukukuku P'Jodlo were cannibals rot long ago. The Administrator says that the Government plantations have shown great progress. The Magistrate of the Gulf division estimated that in his territory there were from 12,000 to 15,000 acres of coconuts alone, earning 1.500,001.1 palms. He expressed the "opinion that a properly-organised trading company on the lines of trading on the West Coast, 01 Africa, instead of tlie present lack of method, -rould export copra annually to, the value of £3O.O<K) or £40,000.

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Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1918, Page 6

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STEADY PROGRESS. Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1918, Page 6

STEADY PROGRESS. Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1918, Page 6

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