Title: Volume 1, 1975 - Contents

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The Fijian voice in Fiji's colonial history

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Rarotonga airport : a preliminary view of the possible balance sheet

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: "Makita" a new crop for Fiji ? : a short report on the potential utilisation of the oil from Parinarium laurinum

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Regionalism and inter-island relations within the South Pacific

Abstract: This paper is in four sections: the first deals with the f actors which hindered regionalism before World War IIi the second deals with the after-effects of World War II i ncluding the setting up of the South Pacific Commission and the move towards inter-island co-operation. The third sect i on looks at the various organizations which have been established since 1950 with the aim of increasing political and economic linkages between South Pacific Island states , both for dealing within the islands and with the outside world . This was a period of accelerated demands for self dete l~in ation, which has now been achieved in much of the Pacific. The last section tries to predict the trends in the form of regionalism and i nter-island co-operation in the future

Title: Constitutional development in the Solomon Islands

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: The future of christianity : the case of Ponape

Abstract: Ponape, a large island in the Carolines, was in the pre-christian era first ruled under a political system based on graded classes or ~levels of chieftainship. The system was strengthened by traditional religious beliefs and practices. There was civil war and fighting between the various tribes.

Title: Fijian cognates in Oceania : a working paper

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]

Title: Fiji : the arrival of communal franchise

Abstract: [ Abstract not available ]