6. and from there climbed perhaps a couple of hundred feet to the summit. Fine view westerly across Konedobu (official quarter), Hanuabada (native village), and landlocked Fairfax Harbor. All of our morning excursion was in savanna of Eucalyptus alba, E. conferti-flora, and E. papuana. A heavy body of Themeda australis and minor grasses which, under changing conditions, now are not burnt every year. Government tries to prevent burning of the savannas close to the town, and although population has increased tremendously, I saw no sign of recent woodcutting. Presumably due to these factors, the older eucalypts appear to be increasing in size, and young trees occur in abundance. Monsoon forest (mainly on the coastal slopes) is recovering after having been cut into for gardens. These for the most part are gully forests. They may be encroaching a bit on the savannas. After lunch we were joined by Dorothy Shaw for an excursion about 30 miles inland to about 1800 ft. on the Sogeri Plateau. There Eucalyptus tereticornis was principal tree in open savanna forests on rich-looking red volcanic soil. We drove first through coastal showers, then ran into a heavy thunderstorm on the plateau. Stopped at a secondary school for natives, a mile or so beyond the beginning of the Kokoda Trail, and a little short of several prosperous Para rubber plantations. Between the mountains and the coast, on the return journey, we turned off the main dirt road to visit Bomana Cemetery of World War II. All Australian graves, apparently. Close rows of small white marble headstones. Shady, planted trees, and well kept flower gardens. Had our hosts to dinner at the hotel. Monday, March 23. Day spent at Konedobu on official business, accompanied by John Womersley, who has been appointed liaison officer between us and the Administration. Talked first with W.R. (Bill) Suttie, Acting Director of Forests since the recent death of J.B. McAdam. Others called upon were A.A. Roberts, Acting Director of Native Affairs; Charles Julius, Government Anthropologist; R.E.P. (Larry) Dwyer, Director of Agriculture; Henderson, #2 man in Agriculture; Dr. J.T. Gunther, Assistant Administrator. Gunther (formerly Director of Public Health) looks sick, and his hands and face worked nervously. His lower front teeth had gone, and so had a shirt collar button, leaving a dangling bunch of threads a couple of inches long. A very capable and alert man, nevertheless. Interested in our work, especially the collection of ectoparasites for the U.S. Army Medical Research Units, and of blood slides of mammals for Dr. Mackerras of the Queensland Institute of Public Health. Told us that research on Kuru Disease (