8 or 10 years (but do great damage when they do.) Uvea seemingly being in a pocket fairly free of hurricanes as numbers forming in the new Hebrides and areas west of there pass north and west of Uvea towards the Queensland coast, others passing well to the east between the New Hebrides and the Loyalties and way south easterly. The last hurricane to visit Uvea being in 1932-3 hot season when a great amount of damage was done to building, vegetation, gardens and forests and considerable loss of life both bird, animal and human was suffered. Climate is equable and more or less high temperatures constant, compatible with its latitude. The expansive shallow sheet of water in the lagoon reaches temperatures some degrees above that of the surrounding ocean and keeps day and night temperatures more nearly even. Cool season temperature ranges from 70 to 85 (N & D) and hot season from 80° - 90°F. (N&D). February and March generally being excessively hot with an almost constant temperature of over 90°F. Average annual temp- erature would probably be about 80 - 85° this being considerably above that of the rest of the Loyalties. The island is not healthy. Swarms of mosquitoes (Culex fatigans probably and Aidees??) breed in the swamps and pools to come in clouds at nightfall during the months January - May making life impossible without protection of nets and so on after dark. These being Filariasis carriers whites and natives show a 100% Filariasis infection, though only 5-10% show visible signs of elephantiasis. A local mission nurse says many, especially females,show lesser signs of enlargement in smaller areas of the bord. (scrotum, labia major etc.) During these months mosquitoes are bade in the day also, anywhere in sheltered positions.