money if they were to be able to lead a fuller and more satisfying life. Following his painstaking research, Mr Booth made recommendations designed to help the area. The main recommendations were:— An investment society, to provide additional credit source, locally controlled. A co-operative piggery, to give additional economic help and to demonstrate modern methods of pig-rearing. Vegetable growing. The organisation of fishing, to provide a steady income. A library. Adult education classes. Better facilities for recreation and entertainments. Most of these recommendations and some others, have now been acted on. A year after completing the nine months research period Mr Booth went back to the area to see if the people wanted, with him, to put the recommendations into effect. A meeting was held, and the people said: “Yes, come back to us”. He has now been back there for over a year. In that time many new community schemes have been undertaken. The list is a wide one and the schemes may seem unrelated, but of course, anything going on in the community has an effect on its development. Though the activities start in different ways they are therefore all part of community development. All the activities are the people's though, where needed, they get guidance from outside. Some of the community development activities which the people are operating at present are as follows:— A library has been established. Books were provided by the Country Library Service. Mr William Noa gave the use of a room in his house as a library. His sister-in-law. Mrs Susan Noa, is librarian. The library is especially useful in furthering community development—providing books on farming, bookkeeping, dressmaking and other useful crafts, as well as providing light reading. Probably the most important work undertaken in the community development project has been the successful establishment of investment societies in three of the settlements. The aim of these is to encourage saving, and to make loans available for productive purposes. Society members contribute regularly. Under the overall supervision of the organiser, each society is controlled by an elected committee which is responsible for granting loans and ensuring repayment. It is hoped to be able to make use of local financial resources for such purposes as helping people to improve their housing and their farms, to clear their title to their land, and to educate their children. It is felt, too, that running investment societies will be an education experience that will give a better appreciation of the value of money and its uses. Preparing of a co-operative piggery at Waihou is another of the community development projects. Work done so far in the preparation of the site—draining and fencing—has been done by volunteer labour, but a tally has been kept of hours worked, and workers will be credited with that amount as their share in the enterprise on which they will get interest from profits. The piggery will be of the most modern type, and should serve to demonstrate the best pig-raising methods. Profits, after deduction of reserves and interest on shares, will be disbursed in proportion to the amount of pig food supplied. Matiu Witana and Raphael Parker, with technical assistance from Alex Peri, are setting up a small sawmill that will be able to meet some of the local demand for timber. Father Wanders, local cutholic priest, greets the minister. Vegetable growing is expanding. A few more people from Mitimiti coastal settlement, notably George Leef and Akata Tahana, put potatoes in early to catch the best of the early market. Given enough shelter, the coast provides good vegetable-growing conditions throughout the year. Recreation, too, is a vital factor in community development. As part of the project, physical education experts from the Education Department attended a dance where they demonstrated new dances. Next day was given over to sports at Motuti.