of the mountains carry extensive stands of A. Klinkii. Uneven in size, but few young trees small enough to be called saplings. An understory of mixed rain forest species. Average height of klinkii is about 230 ft., average girth about 10 ft. Govt. collects a royalty of 2/- per 100 super feet (in Queensland it is 25/- for A. cunninghamii) and undertakes reforestation. Exploitation is on a sustained yield basis on a rotation of 70 years. Fifty years considered enough to produce good mill logs. Practically all planting thus far has been cunninghamii, which germinates and establishes well. Klinkii gives trouble in establishment though it germinates fairly well and can be satisfactorily transferred to tubes. Visited the forest station and talked with Regional Forester David Dun, who did not impress me as being really top caliber. Said he had about 1½ million young trees ready to go out in March. Supposed to plant 1,000 acres this operational year. Dun says that klinkii occurs on schist and sedimentary rocks, never, so far as he knows, on granite. The soil of the klinkii forest is pale gray, deep, and contains much rotten rock. Growth is not good on the sandstones, which are too dry for part of the year. Best on schist, which produce a clayey soil. Top personnel in forest and mill are Australians, trained in Canada. About 500 men employed. Only two dredges, of original eight not in operation and they will close down in about another year. The timber operations will employ as many men as the gold did. Friday January 11: Returned to Lae in the morning. John had to meet G.A.R. Stanley, retired geologist of A. P. C., who will represent PNG Scientific Society at the ANZAS conference to be held soon in New Zealand. I have a booking to Cairns by Qantas plane leaving at 7 AM tomorrow. Report at noon of a cyclone over the Coral Sea, which has delayed some of today's air traffic. The Womersleys gave a cocktail party for Paine, Stanley, and myself. Present were Niall (DC), Haviland (DO), etc. Stanley, Paine and I stayed for dinner and afterwards saw kodachromes which John made t his year on Mt. Wilhelm and a selection from various sources which Stanley will take to Christ Church next week. John spent 6 days at a lake at C. 11,500 ft. on Mt. Wilhelm. Gilliard established the camp and built sod huts there. Landed on Kegelsugl airport at over 8,000 ft. About 4 hours walk to the lake camp. Air pilot Brown, who accompanied John but did not quite reach the summit, is sure that a Beaver plane could land on the lake with 1500- 1600 16. of loading. Could lift about same weight in take off (about full load). A fair sized lake 500 feet above the camp lake. A pond of over 13,000 ft. and enough woody growth for firewood there. Stanley an unconventional type, rotund of figure, and with a short clipped gray beard. Raised money for his M.Z. conference trip largely by collecting and selling empty bottles. Brought with him from Port Moresby a native boy about 6 years old. Is staying with a Malay named Conroy, who, with his wife, was invited in by the Womersleys after cocktails.