PEOPLES OF PAPUA.
NUMBERS OVERESTIMATED.
By Telefrtph—Prwii Amocinfion—Copyright.
Rydvey, Juno 26. Tun late eminent Secretary in Papua (Mr. A. M. Campbell) estimate the population of Papua at 350,000. Previous estimated of 700,000 were bawd on tho supposition that the interior wiui thickly populated, but investigation showed I hat there wero comparatively few people there. Titer" wore still tribes) which whiten hud not visited, but not many.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15646, 27 June 1914, Page 9
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