Territory of Papua : annual report for the period

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Australia. Department of External Territories
Call Number
Nq 354.952 AUS
Created/Published
Canberra : Commonwealth Govt. Printer, -1949
Issue
1946-1947
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Contents

TERRITORY OF PAPUA REPORT 1
THE TERRITORY OF PAPUA. ANNUAL REPORT 1946-47. Contents. 2
TERRITORY OF PAPUA. ANNUAL REPORT 1946-47. PART I. INTRODUCTION. GEOGRAPHY: 3 , 4
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS: 4 , 5
HISTORY: 5 , 6
ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. 6 , 7
TERRITORY OF PAPUA. ANNUAL REPORT 1946-47. PART II. ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNMENT. 8
STRUCTURE OF THE ADMINISTRATION: 8 , 10
PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION – ORGANISATION CHART. 9
LAW AND JUSTICE: 10 , 11
JUDICIAL ORGANISATION OF PAPUA. 12
POLICE FORCE: 13
METHOD OF RECRUITING: 13
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE: 13 , 14
PENAL ADMINISTRATION: 14
LEGISLATION: 15
NATIVE ADMINISTRATION. GENERAL: 16
NATIVE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY: 16 , 17
NATIVE POPULATION: 17 , 18
VILLAGE LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION: 18
DELTA DIVISION. 18
GULF DIVISION. 19
VILLAGE LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION: 19
EFFECTS OF WAR: 19
CENTRAL DIVISION. 19 , 20
EAST CENTRAL DIVISION. 20
EASTERN DIVISION. 20
VILLAGE LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION. 20 , 21
SOUTH EASTERN DIVISION. 21
VILLAGE LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION. 21
NORTHERN DIVISION. 21
VILLAGE LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION. 21 , 22
NATIVE LABOUR. 23
NON-INDENTURED LABOUR: 23
WAGES AND ALLOWANCES: 23
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: 23
INSPECTIONS: 23 , 24
RECRUITING: 24
BREACHES OF THE NATIVE LABOUR ORDINANCE: 24
DEATHS OF LABOURERS AND EMPLOYEES: 24
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: 24
STEVEDORING 24
CLAIMS FOR PRE-WAR WAGES: 24
STATISTICS: 24
EDUCATION. OBJECTIVES: 25
ADMINISTRATION: 25 , 26
THE ROLE OF MISSIONARY ORGANISATIONS: 26
PRIMARY EDUCATION: 26 , 27
HIGHER EDUCATION: 27
ADULT EDUCATION: 27 , 28
VOCATIONAL TRAINING: 28
SPECIAL SERVICES: 28 , 29
STATSTICS: 29
PUBLIC HEALTH. 30
MEDICAL AID TO MISSIONS: 30
DISEASES – European: 30
THE DISEASE PATTERN IN THE NATIVE COMMUNITY: 30 , 31 , 32
AGRICULTURE. ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANISATIONS: 33
CROP PRODUCTION: 34
LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES: 34 , 35
LAND UTILISATION, SOILS AND CONSERVATION: 35
PLANT INTRODUCTION: 35 , 36
PEST CONTROL: 36
NATIVE AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS: 36 , 37
LAND TENURE: 37
COMMERCE. 38 , 39 , 40
PUBLIC FINANCE. 41 , 42 , 43 , 44
COMMUNICATIONS. ROADS AND BRIDGES: 45
POSTAL SERVICES: 45
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 45 , 46
RADIO SERVICES: 46
SHIPPING SERVICES: 46
CIVIL AVIATION: 46
LANDS, SURVEYS AND MISES. 47
TOWN PLANNING: 48
SURVEYS: 48
MINES: 48
FORESTS. 49
PUBLIC WORKS. BUILDINGS: 50 , 51
POWER SUPPLIES, ELECTRICAL RETICULATION AND INSTALLATIONS: 51
WATER SUPPLY: 51 , 52
SEWAGE DISPOSAL: 52
ROADS AND BRIDGES: 52 , 53
HARBOURS, WHARVES AND NAVIGATION AIDS: 53
AERODROMES: 53
WORKSHOPS, PLANT, MACHINERY AND MARINE CRAFT: 53 , 54
MATERIALS: 55
APPENDIX A. STATISTICAL INFORMATION. 56
I. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS. MEAN MONTHLY AND YEARLY RAINFALL, TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY AT SELECTED STATIONS. 57
II. POPULATION. 58
III. JUSTICE AND PENAL ADMINISTRATION. 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64
IV. GENERAL AND NATIVE ADMINISTRATION. NUMBER OF VILLAGE OFFICIALS AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1947. 65
MILEAGE OF VEHICULAR ROADS AS AT 30TH JUNE,1947. 65
V. NATIVE LABOUR. NUMBER OF NATIVE LABOURERS IN EACH DIVISION, ACCORDING TO TYPE OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYER, AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1947. 66
OCCUPATIONS OF NATIVE LABOURERS, ACCORDING TO DIVISION OF BIRTH, AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1947. 67
OCCUPATIONS AND WAGES OF NATIVE LABOURERS, ACCORDING TO TYPE OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYER, AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1947. 68
NUMBER OF NATIVE LABOURERS IN EACH DIVISION, ACCORDING TO TYPE OF LABOUR AND DIVISION OF BIRTH, AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1947. 69
TREND IN NUMBER OF NATIVE LABOURERS JULY 1946 – JUNE 1947. 70
Further particulars in respect of Administration servants and indentured labourers are as follows:- 71
ACCIDENTS INVOLVING COMPENSATION ARISING OUT OF EMPLOYMENT DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1947. 72
VI. EDUCATION. STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1947. 73
NUMBER IN VOCATION TRATNING AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1947. 73
EDUCATIONAL AID TO MISSIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1947. 74
VII. PUBLIC HEALTH. MEDICAL PERSONNEL: OFFICIAL AND NON-OFFICIAL AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1947: 75
HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1947. 75
DISEASES TREATED IN HOSPITALS OR MEDICAL CENTRES DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1947. 76
MEDICAL AID TO MISSION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1947. 77
VIII. AGRICULTURE. MAJOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS EXPORTED DURING THE PERIOD 1998-1947. 78
LAND TENURE AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1947. 78
IX. COMMERCE. EXPORTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1947. 79
IMPORTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1947. 79
X. MISCELLANEOUS. 80
APPENDIX B. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PERIOD 1ST JULY TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1947. LAND AND JUSTICE: 81
NATIVE LABOUR: 81
EDUCATION: 82
COMMERCE: 82
LANDS, SURVEYS AND MINES: 82
PUBLIC WORKS: 82 , 83 , 84

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