way trained in agriculture, nor do they claim to have any agricultural knowledge at all. Their job is purely administrative and coordinating, and for any advice on farming matters they call in the Department of Agriculture. The Department of Natural Resources' Head Office sets the objective for acreages of maize, tapioca, tobacco, water melons, rice, sorghum, broom corn or any other crop, and these objectives are then divided out to districts depending on soil types and acreages available, and so on down to individual Scheme Managers, who plan the acreages to be planted in any of these crops in either the wet or the dry season on each farm under his control. The Scheme Manager then writes on his blackboard, which is usually in his house, each settler's name and number, the acreage of his farm, the crop to be planted for both wet and dry seasons, the acreage planned for each settler, the amount of his debt still owing to the Fiji Development Bank and also the amount that he owed at the same time the previous year. Regularly, and not less than once a month, all of the settlers are brought to his house where they sit down in front of the blackboard and discuss whether or not these planned acreages can be planted and the progress being made by each one of them, not only physically in terms of crops grown, but also financially in terms of the amount of money he still owes and the progress he is making towards his repayments. When the settler has repaid his debt to the Fiji Development Bank, he is then entitled to apply to the Bank for a further advance of £200 to build himself a house. The house is a weatherboard structure measuring about 12 feet by 10 feet, unlined and devoid of any amenities whatsoever as we know them in New Zealand, but I am assured that there is great jubilation in the family when this stage is reached and this type of housing is provided. The wives are most happy and are able to spend more time in the field with their husbands and the husbands are extremely happy about it too because they are relieved of the necessity to assist their wives around the house during the day. At the time we were there, most of the farmers and their wives and families were busy stripping maize cobs and drying the corn on sacks. It is then bagged Mr Atunaisa Tavuto, one one the Scheme Managers, with his blackboard showing the planned acreages for each of the 36 settlers in his area.