St. Helena, famous island in the South Atlantic, where Napoleon spent six years of exile from 1815 to 1821, is described ns “the loneliest island in the South Atlantic,” by Dr. L, 1,. Burton, who arrived in Auckland this . week after spending seven years (here in the position of colonial surgeon. Apart from the 100 European inhabitants, the population, which totals about 4CCO, is of all colours, coming from all parts of the world. The main industry is the growing and treatment of ‘fibre of New Zealand flax, which was transplanted to the island some years ago. Almost the total value of the export trade from St. Helena comes from this gourde.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19098, 20 August 1936, Page 15
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