Pacific Islands, is a tremendous problem. A lot of the land is not in use, owing to part-owners being in New Zealand. The Cook Islands' Government appears to be tackling this problem but it is one that must be solved before any agricultural progress can be made in the group, and agricultural progress is so necessary if only to grow a greater proportion of their own food.

Niue This has an area of 100 square miles. Although really one of the Cook group, it is separately administered still by New Zealand, although it has some form of local Government. Exports in 1966 totalled £54,777— imports a total of £258,361 of which foodstuffs amounted to £78,000. The population is 5,225. This is a coral island with extremely difficult access. It was formerly a fairly considerable kumara producer but because of the incidence of kumara weevil, very few kumaras are allowed into New Zealand from there and then only into the South Island.

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It has a fairly large administrative problem and the successive administrators have done everything possible to improve the situation there. They are now turning to bee keeping and the development of a small cattle industry. Most of the local labour force is employed in Government works.

Tokelau Islands There are three atolls consisting of 2,500 acres, and the population is 1,900. Exports in 1966 were £4,971—imports £20,354, including foodstuffs of £6,000. An effort is being made to bring these people from these coral islands, over 2,000 miles from New Zealand, to New Zealand to find employment here.

Western Samoa Western Samoa consists of two main islands—Savaii with 660 square miles, and Upolo of 430 square miles. There is also the adjoining island of American Samoa with a smaller population and relying very heavily indeed on American finance for its survival. For the year ended December 1967, trade in Western Samoa consisted of exports worth $3,139,000—while imports amounted to $5,535,400. When New Zealand took Western Samoa from the Germans in 1914, the population was, as I previously mentioned, about 32,000. The economy was largely based on copra and cocoa and excellent plantations existed, administered by large German firms. New Zealand held Western Samoa under a mandate from, originally the League of Nations, and then the United Nations for a period of years until 1960 when the country was granted full independence. But under a treaty of friendship with New Zealand, the two countries were forged very closely together indeed. However, unfortunately, the copra plantations in Samoa are becoming old and it is only in the last few years that any great effort has been made to replace the old plantations and to establish new ones. The external trade of Western Samoa is mainly still based on three commodities— copra, cocoa and bananas, but the production of bananas has suffered a very severe setback through the hurricane of 1966 and