acting head of civil affairs, who drove me back to the hotel for lunch. After lunch, posted the palmseeds for which I have been awaiting an export permit, which is no longer necessary for such things. Picked up my revised air ticket. Then to Ivan Champion's (Commissioner of Titles, or something) office in town. Thence back to Konedobu, where I first saw McAdam. Very cordial and talkative on forestry matters, especially the reforestation of Araucana cunninghamii and A. klinkii in the Bulolo timber exploitation area. They know, from early work in Queensland, how to regenerate cunninghamii. Klinkii is still a problem. The former is the better timber, the latter, a new commercial timber, has been most publicized on the market. After McAdam, visited Dwyer. Very talkative. Finally we got around to discussing the export permit his department had issued. The demand for types was a mistake, of course. I do not trust Dwyer, or Henderson, his #2, who is now away on leave. Had an interview with Administrator D. M. Cleland at 3:30. He seemed in a hurry and did not have much to say. Then called on Steve Lonergan, who is now Acting Asst. Administrator. Ended the day with a visit to the club with Claude Champion. At my table in the hotel today is a Dutchman named Roos, a building contractor at Hollandia, on his way back from Australia. Says there are now about 2,000 white people at Hollandia. Until recently the only buildings were U.S. Wartime barracks and quansets. Now some 500 new places are being put up. The Dutch feel insecure in west New Guinea. They don't trust the UN to make an ownership decision favorable to them. Many Eurasians have been settled in New Guinea since the war. The settlement scheme a failure. Too many of the half-castes "belong to good families" and will not do hard work. No business being done with Indonesia, except perhaps in air services, which Indonesians plead with the Dutch to carry on. Most building materials come from Singapore. Cheaper than Australian. Local New Guinea supply of timber is too undependable. From Ivan Champion I learned that the P. N. G. Government still maintain a line of 5 or 6 patrol posts along the Dutch Border. During the morning I visited the Administration Museum with Julius, Judge Bignold, and Miss Jones (Hon. secretary). A committee was formed and the museum started last year. Collection of about 2,000 artifacts housed in the old Governor's house and office building. Simple but effective arrangement. Some very good things, mainly (the most con- spicuous) from the Sepik, Manus, and Rabaul coast. Tuesday January 8: Left Port Moresby at 7:50 A. M. by Qantas DC4 "New Guinea Trader" and arrived Lae 9:10. Smooth flight but could see little of the country and none of the main range, for cloud. Was met by John Womersley, who took me to the Hotel Cecil (Mrs. Steward, an old timer who knew Archbold, Rogers, etc.) Later in the morning visited the forest Herbarium, and John showed me through the Botanic Gardens. Did not see much of the Herbarium. There is room enough for the 15,000 sheets (in Merrill boxes), but the walls, under