UTIOUL ARCHIVES & pueu c· moRDS SEBYICES or PAPUA NEW GUllEA
DISTRICT: WEST SEPIK STATION: VANIMO VOLUME No : 1 ISBN: 9980-911 -18 - 2 ACCESSION No: · 496 . PERIOD·: 19 52. - 19 53
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Vi t • l .,1_, •1 0 1i:;.t c.1' .c 1 tr ,1- ~· ... lt • 0- '-w J., "15' TERRITORY OF PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA. acj11f&o r '. t.\ ~ 1 " 1"' G:f;.0,;~ ~~ Patrol Report. 1/52-53 r~r 't-....._ Stipik .Uistrict, The Director t ' 1 0 SEP 1952 J District Office, Department o:r District Ser ,il.ces .. WE WA K. and Na ti ve Affai , •., F«•'' A ' PORT MORE§BY I - - ., '" - '- -~ • ..-- 26th.August,1952. PATROL BEPORT NO. 1122-23 VAflIMO. MR, G. P. TAYLOR. P.O. Three (3) copies of the abovementioned report are submitted herewith. AGRICULTURE;- Communal projects , such &.s rice and neanut growing, are widespread through the Sepik District and it is hoped that the Co-operative officer stationed at Madang will be able to pay a visit to this District in the near future. CE'TSUS•- I will discuss the matter of Census Sub-Divisions with Mr . Taylor upon my :1eXt visit to Vanimo in apnroximately one months tim~ . The patrol report j ,s well set out and contains some us eful information. . rm_~~\.;,_ (A. T. T~~;i~,.JV Acting Dis trict Canmis;i-toner. l,, 30-11-180 lltl' Scptonber,1952 The Distr1c• Co ssioour, Scpi.: D o' l'iCt ' VEIT AK l·:r . Pr-trol Officor G. P.Tuylor hl's provided v. well construc:tccl and infor •.mtivc Report •f his Pntrol to co:lstal villogos tri t .o cact of Vanir10 Patrol fozt. The unhurried t:r.1 s .. too tic rield trork c or riocl out by him is at is ror:u1r 1. our Visit to Vanir.io 1 t o near fut 1,tre rill give r. T 'lor " oi,ortwtlty of discU!loine p'l'o 'Lo o t iit' on t' • ~ Pntrol end other Mt tors of i 11 c~ - · e to tl a , Oni"'!n a~.., . Tho r ept1on "?Ccor•10<1 tho Patrol a.n tho construct1 vo ior! rcinc Clll'riod out nt rmy o the Vill nr,ec i~o ~~~~ ~g~, i~~~r;c~:1:0~ 0~~~~d.th shoi.lcor,10 in their offorta to ko progrocs w1 th tl•o erow1ng or tmof'J.1. ror.:; m 'ltciti::: • o fn1 es i om;ible in obtnin1ne any noco· u cy echincr· 1111d r:iarkotinll at a r ir price any oduc sur. lus to their o,. r u1r • oots • • ) 2 -· ~- 0 / \. TERRITORY OF •PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA PATROL REPORT District of ....!!ff!J!:! ...... C ~.'f~ . ~g)..____ Report No .. .. ~... .. ~. .. ?~!f.. .J. .... (V..~~ IM 0) Patrol Conducted by ....ff. :.f .. [tfY,'-:.P. . ~...... Area Patrolled .. ~~J/?{J/f/;;~;t/i!../}~tf;JHJJ'-· '1[1.Z~f:·g.Jg&~Jf JiJ: gJs Patrol Accompanied by Europeans ...... Natives ...... ~ ..• . Duration- From .. J..;.... r../ 19.f?.'.'to .../.Q ; ... 9.19.~Y g Number of Days ...... Did Medical Assistant Accompany ?... . "'\/ )y Last Patrol to Area by- District ervices ...... / ... J./ 19...... Medical ...... / ...... / 19. Map Reference ...... v.'.ltJY.l./:'.'.1.. Q.. . .. ~/tf.ff...... /J5..~.~1.. .$..(~/t[ ...... ~!..... L. .. ./ 1'-IC/I 1 Objects of Patrol...... ) ... .ll{N. .$..V..S...... J-:: ...... ~ 1.9. DIRECTOR OF DISTRJCr SERVICES AND NATIVE AFFAIRS, PORT MORESBY . For vardc 119 Amount Paid for War Dam.tgc ompcnsat1011 Amount Pai Amount Paid from P.E.D.P. Trust Fund .... £...... --.-:..,,_ TERRITORY OF PAPUA AND NEW GU":::ma. PATROL REPORT. WEST COASTAL AREA OF '.!.'HE VANIMO SUB-DIVISlUr.i, AI TAPE SUB-DISTRICT, SEPIK DIS'l'RICT. Wednesday , 3rd. September • 1952. to \7edneaday , 9th. September , 1952. condnc ted by , G. P. ~aylor, Patrol Of'f'ice1·. (2.) . I Objects of th'.: Putr'Ol ( u) . Compilation o:f 1952/3. cenaus stat istics, (b) , Routine Aclluinistrat;ion. (c) . Inspe ction of Australian/ Dutch l ew Guintia Bo r der area. 0 Police Personnel accor.ipanying the patrol Lance/corporal SILlUN , 2198. Constable O.!ANU , 6496 . Constable ALA. ?. edical Personnel accompanying the patrol Eil. Duration of Patrol \!ednesday, 3rd Se:ptt.inber, 1952 to ,/edn ; adey, 9 t h3eptembe1·, 1352. '!ap Hef'erence f or .ou trol ••• Vanilllo shee.t, 4miles to 1 inch j'l'l:\.A.r 1 t ., ~ . ..AP . ,/ar Dam re Co~1penaa tion peyme.rte. 11 oooooooooOooouoooouo (3) • .....,. Pi..THOL REPORT DIARY . The PB trol co1:uenced from the Vanir.io Patrol Post , and follo1:ed the coao tal tr::ick in a wee terly di rec Lion , as far '.lB be border of the •_•erri tory 01' Papua and ,;ew Guinea and. Dutch r:ew Guinea. Some five vj llages were viai ted in the course of this patrol. :tedneaday, 3r.'.:.. t:>eptcmber, Patrol departed from Vanimo Patrol Post. at noon and ai ri •red at vanimo village a t 1. ;;upm. Patrol rema ined there during the ai' ~erncon and night v:hen census etc. conple ted. Thursday , 4th. 8eptember, J: atrol c.eparted .Crom ,•animo at Sam . for Ver:!Jnl:l, village ihere r. , DbLlB etc. carried out durJ.ng the dey. Fl\trol remainea at VARic.O during thb night. FrJ. day, 5th. Jeptember, Patrol depi>rted 1'ro!11 1/ARil"O vJ.llage for ·fAKO village at 9am 0...'1d arrived at 10.3oam. census and inspection villoee etc. completca durins t he day , patrol r .. m111incd at y/, •l d1.1ring the night. Saturday , 6th. Jep tember, Patrol depo1·tec. t'1•om ·1 A.~O ot i·m for 0 JSU 1 arrl 11ed thor at noon. CenauF.l tlnLl lno.:~ :~io n of' \.l.1.11..;e cnl'riuU. ont , .._,str-:il •.1ov~l1 • n 1,0 .m·roHG , 11l10r•e it rri·rcd :.it 6pro. Slc it thare. ;,Undey .!unaay , 13tn ieptember, , Jneu8 , lnOJJ•3C ted villu~e , !llao carried out in'lpcc tion of Border paste, re i~inoU. at :UTO 'O during the day • •'o. ti>vl r• Lurnod ro n TU~'OhG to /ednesdey,10t , , Jc tc.. 11icl',Putrol l'eturne.i to vanimo Patrol Poet fr·orn y, .o, via V .rr: .o and 'f, U ·u v1n 'eJ , o.ri·.i.ving ut ·/prn. ooouor;oooQuoooooc.Jo (4). !N'.i.'l UDUC'.i.'IOJf . This pe.trol is the second in the Sdries of cenSllS and routine administrative patrols to be carried out in t his J ub- Division since J uly last. It is part of a programme which if carried to conclllsio;1 should permit of a censlls patrol to every village in the area on ut le:: -: t two occasions during the year 1952/3. Of particular interest in the case of this patrol was the ract that a visit was made to the norcle1• area , be tween the Australian and Dutch New Guinea Bo rder line. A s11ecia1 Bee tion Of this report deals With the border urea and any r emarks pertaining to 1 t. 1'l 'IV.:; APP.-ulll:l . '.!.'he situa tion 11ith l'egard to natives in the a1•oa patrolled is quite ea tisfac tory. Heal th seems to be good. '.L'here appeared to be no untowarrl trends. There is no evidence of cargo cult or any such manifes Lat ions. Politically the o.1•ea is as it has appeared to be :f'or some time, atai,:nant • El'!onomically speaking there has been sorne advancement in recent months. However aa compo.rccl to other ureas of this Sllb-Diviaion , despJ. te the politic al s tagno Lion coamon eve1--ywhere , and a sl o ~·r uninspiring rate of economi:' progress , the area is still the show11lace of Vanimo. A mnn and indeed genlline welcome was afi'orded tho .)atrol in every village and 1 t is CJ.Ui t e evident that cleepi te the fact t hat the proximity of the Dutch Territory with it' a dif'f'eren t laws and cul Lllros , and ulao mo re obviously , the comparitively large settle en t of HOLLANDIA only a rew mil ea away, rJua t have some effect on their loyalty, they do not in any 1ay show that their a:ft'ectiona a re bu t ri1Jh tly placed. The folk are qlli t e so hiaticuted in t hat they ho ve lon .l!'llrther aec ti.:ins o1' thi:i i·epo1't .u.oJcribc Lhc urea in de tail. ~h'll'B are 1'i V'3 villageo in the aroa, that io be tWf'tln t e "/an 10 o.trol .Poo t; und ti e , uo trulian/Du tch no rd r . Thocse are /A! IIl.:o , 1IARI ·o, YAKO , .• UJU d ~-/U'.i'OUC.r . ':'ho l u t tcr i o fJ it ia t ed ithin 500 yards of the bordor !,l'Oour/. '!animo .d .fAJU1;0 ore good villages in that they arc clean, the at 1da1•J. of housing ie qui to IJOOd , the folk havo a lnr ~o clegro of civic Pride , thuo the vil lageo are u t true ti vely 1 ·id out o.n·l abov/J ull .Jw1i ta tion und o thor uapcc ta auch HS this oz·e r1ell o red for. YAJ o i!UB t surely be i•u11 te :!'ii•s L cl au honou1·... in t il' i•eopec t ( 5-). / " for t hese folk ha ve made a fine village • . USU is still s tr11e;gline; in i t' s inf'ancy as a beach village. These f'olk only recently mo ved fl'Olil the interior, with the PIBI folk , and a till have a lot to do and to learn befcre their village can take it' a place with t he o there. WUTONG , on the Border is indeed a cosmopolitan settlement .. There are many variations , not only in the physical appearanc ea of the village folk. , b11 t along with their obvio11a physical aee.ociation with the Dutch New Guinea folk we find a certain amoun t of what may be termed material association. Thia is plainly evident in their hous es f or ins tone e. Most of' these are cons true ted f rom sawn timber , salvaged from Army camps in t he area. The markings 11 u.S.Anny " are dominant. ,rost of this Jame f'rom Hollandia. As will. be shown in af11rther section ot this report. The standard of housing iB goo.cl.. Af' ew. improvemen ts are necessary and these have been outlined. Villages are clean and attractively laid out and thus have a pleasing appearance. Village Of'ficiala in the area are of average ability. As far as the Luluai system i ta elf can be considered these types a.re of fair quality. VANIMO village in Luluai NAG IA and Tul tul S'l'EVEN/i'AKRA has two able leaders. The former lacks iniative b11t is be tter behaved than many o there in the village • STEVEN is a good T11ltul , b11t recently appointed , and should do well. 'IARJ. .,0 leaders , LIGUN as Luluai and ROLIBON aa :rul tul are of average quality. They seem to be assisted and even infl11enced by one of doubtful worth , YAPRI , a 1onner NGIB · serviceman, and now unoff icial councillor. YAK.O is ably l e d by LlASli:I . !le s ~w ws enthusiasm uneq11alled in t his S11b-Division and is I should s ay a very good example of a well inclined L11l ua i. I usu l eadei•s are of average ciuali ty . \/UTONG hdo an able Tul tul and an almos t uaeleaa Luluai, Some changes are necessary 'Jere and ·1ill be me.de in the nAar fut11re. No appoin tm.,nt.e 11ere made - nor iere any changes eff ected in village officials in the area. ooooooooooOoooooooooo AGRICULTURE l!.'rC . eographically ape ing the low lyina cons t ol "' in could be , · , conoidered to be t1erely a sV1a10py area lying a t the base of the ~oal.i tal rnow1 Laine 11hich do not in t his aec t i on of the coaa t ascend to a vorJ ~1·eat height. ~he plaJ.n lo narrow , in some places t110 to t~u·oe • u. les and in o t .or 1 t fadeo away compl e tel;r liS the Moun ta ins s'1eep do m to the eea. Ae can be eJCllOCted th area n"Ovides 1dee.J. conditione for the (6). gr owth of the sago palm • '.l'hus the princ ipal item of diet in the area is Baksak. It grows wel l. and withou t; res train t and can be considered a pemianent source of food. Aa well as saksak which perfo1•ce has pride of place i n t he diet , there are also the usual roo t c r ops , such as t aro , tapioca , sweet; po ta to , yams and mami • '.l'hes e ar·e grovm i n ar able sections of t;he coas t;al fringe and do indeed fom an idlpor tant part of the die t of l;hese folk. No unusual methods of agriculture were noted in the area. The disl;ribution of seeds f rom this post in the past has been of considerable use in l;he introduction of other types of diet items. Such crops as tomatoes, cabbages of the Chinese variety , beans and other legumes , cucumbers and such Si.111ilar plants as melons et;c. allgrow well here. Supplies of the abovementioned were offered to the patrol. No seeds have been received at chis station for over four months n0w and it is r e<1ues tod that supplies be made available. The area has also been encouraged l;o grow rice in the past. Unfortunately it must be said that; a co111pletely 1rong concep t of rice growing has been imparted to these folk. Inste~d of growin& rice with the aim of supplying at least part of their own food requirements and selling , if possib.J.e , any sur pJ. us , these folk ar e determined to sell. it . all and not uo e it as a food for themselves, A recent patrol eport of the Eastern coa.a tal area co Jen ted on this. At lTIUGi!:RA a group were g rowing rico. Some twelve bags were gro\m and hulled and were thus read,y fo1• sale or consumption by themselves. They i•efueed to eat it themselves - and the whole quantity of rice was left in a store to deteriorate and be eaten by rats , whilst these folk wai tad for e.n avenue of dispocal. The centre of rice production i n the 1/es t;ern coastal at'ea is at YAK.O . Here the :f"olk: have attempted to grow rice on a fairly large scale and have planted about three acres of it in the past few rnon ths. .u te a lot of i•ice has been grown by this group in this short time , and by the urse of Bentall Hand Hullers loaned to them for the purpose , they have hulled it and have used it as a rood i te for themselves • • he initial de-termination to .:ro:v rice for profit is slowly being overcome here and these fol..c are being encouraged to grow rice for their om consu.uption , and if need be ultimately they can a:fford to dispose of s toe s in re turn 1'or cash. /i th shipping and rnaritets as at the . oment non exlstent, nothing more can be d.ono . VAJ.iI ,o , ,/ARI1.10, YAKO , •• u.m and 1"/U'fUll village are ull growing rice in varying y_uru1tities. Close watch is being kept over production l'atcs .incl il tat.L.i' i !'l 111ou.L l ho c vailnble soon. 1•hc r·e is no o I'<.!nnised coprc1 indua try in tht:J area. •here tirO not many lul'ge coconuts roves in the area , thoL•gh VJ !IJ.'.O and ,/ARiliO do po 1seae one or t 10 sizeable holdings. Thora is no possible ship_ in..; ol1tlct fo1· any such jnduatry •1t the u:ornent , anc. 1'o r that reason 1 t hue nv t been eucoul'ugcr1 . Lives toe.: in tho areu ie co.1fined to the uauully poor 11nd wretched loo in native piga. I.one "f cui at .. ructivu strain 1e1•e noted all ouite ob·1.10l1Sly beine clomo tirtttc' wild pig or theiI ~1'~sprfnrr . co lei not 11 dctnnin d c fort. be r.1uu.e to supply theee folk ti th t leuat onu 01• t wo Loara of value us breeding s took tu ach villnze 'I • :b'ish 1md such . '.LT' l ·e pla,ys o v i•y 1.Jn 01 tant. part in the diet of th ue fol;. • .LU my service in ocho1· Diat1•icte of '" (7) . I Guinea , in particular New Ireland which is renowned as a "beach " District , I have failed to observe such en t hueiaem and importance as is placed on fish as a mai n item of village diet , as I find here, Fishing along the reef a o.nd passages of this coae t is very good • Crayfl.Bh and other such reef life are in good supply. These folk often engage in shark fishing expeditions far out to sea and thus use the ever present shark as an occasional food e:'lurce. OOOGOOOOOO OuOOul!O-.v ROADS Al'ID BRIDGES, I A good 1-,al,dng road links all the villages along the coab ~ , 1 and thus by this means Vanimo Pn t.rol Poet with the Dutch / Border, It i s about 20 miles to the border, 'J.'here are no ma jor s treame or bridges alone this r oute. A good , light U/T road could be put through wHhout !lreat difficulty , ooooovoooooooooooooo CEHSUS CO!.ll.!EHTS , The area wee t of this Patrol Poet , a twenty mile a t r e tch of Shoreline upon which the1·e are some five villagea inhabited by folk who shore one parent dialect was previously divit1ed i nto threu ceneue Sub-divisions. The areas nearee t the Poet , VAl'l"Il!O , WARI 10 and YAKO villages coI:Jprieed the VANIHO Sub Divieion 11i th a total l'OPula ti on of 803 • J:TJSU village , /est of' YAKO , on the coae t , and within Bight of YAKO , was included in the iaLI _;m .;ub-Division , an inland. one , and to which no 1'0ad.f< lead 1'rom 1.:usu oz anywh ere near there, whilst tuTO m 0 n the nor., er· , a viL.age of s ome 1 72 people at the time enjoyed a Sub-Division all to it.seH' , TALE . 'l'he whole purpose of ceneuo Sub-Divi&ione was defeated in the foregoing ari·angement, It is not l~ly that s patrol would be carried out to but une village on the coast and I.hen .::'olloV1 a tort;uouo route inlruid to El scpartate group of villageo t.11d thence continue cenBltB taking , while at the same time confonning to one specific Sub-Division ae in the case of oUSU and the KILII.;ERI group for instance. It is logical to my mind , especially in this case :1here we find the People all linked by one irnren t languace , to link oll theae villages in t.o one Census "ub-Di vision , thus en it ting of but one , whe1•0 fonnerly the1•e wer thl'cc. 'l'hie was so in the nrea Bae t of Liu.a Poet too • '.1.'his hos alreocl,;r bem cove1•ed in a previous re_po,,t, ~·herefo1•e the logical put tex·n for coas t ,_ putrole in this oub-Division is one to 'he Bast , in one c 'mtilete census Sub- Division .known as the Eastern d 11b -Divieion Md one to the ,(oat also in one complete Sub-Division , kr.own ue the ,/13stern b:..Divieion, 'l.' llie hllB been agrued to by District CorJaieeioner /tiwak vnd thus hence forwaz•d the area ,eat of this Patrol Poat will be but one Census Sub-Divieion , ae outlined. (8). The population revealed on this occasion was as f ollows:- ( by comparison earlier cens us f'igures are also s hewn) VAITIMO l'IES'.1.' COASTAL CBNSUS SUB-DIVISION. This 12atrol. Previous Patrol -9-1 95 2. 2- 1952. VANIMO village - 381. 389. HARI!.!O 310. 2.97. YAKO . 11 3. 1 'I /o t!USU. 74. WUTOH'G . 173. 172. ~· .192..1. w Since FebruaI"J of' this year the number of' cleatba in tbe area were as f'ollows •• ... ales. 11 • Females. 13. '.l.'Otal 24. 15 of' Lhese 24 deaths were children under 13 yearR. The corresponding nu111ber of birtr,s were 03 f'ollows, Ualcs. 11 . Females . 14. ~ 25, A total of 40 natives are employed in work , 31 outside the District. The to tale of males and .females , as ahovrn in the final figures are unul.$ually uniforu. A glanc., at them 1vill show that there are 220 male children Md 221 f'eruale children in the area, Ala~ there are 279 males and 2:11 f'emalea in the villages , with the o.bovemcntione.'l 40 absent at work. Tho area is al oat static. Jince Februury there has bean but little chaugc. 'rho1·e hue been in fo.c t o.n increaee of but 2 - not consi Thero are no govern: ent; scl,ools in the area. nornan Ca tholic. J,lission choole are , aint111ned o.t VAHILO J.li. sion station, v I O Village , /ARI .O 1 :.1 ~O aud ,/UTOlfG villages also, Unfol'tUJ.1atoly the resident .?'"3sion I"J i absent at the time of writing un ooooooooooooOooooooooooo (9). The Australian sponsored F ranciscan Order of the Roman Catnoli c religion are in charge of the VA.NI ,10 parish. The Rev.Fr, Raymond Quirk , O.F • . • iB t he resident missionary. '.r he station here wo.s first comrr.enced j llB t prior to the war • '.!.'he wo rk of the miss.ion i n this area is well carried out by Father Quirk who is an enrge tic p riest • ne i s well. liked, No complain ta were r eceived. 0000000000.oQoooooooooo Al?rHROPOLOGICAL. The folK in this area are all physical q alilce- with the po ssible exception of the \'IU TOi G people who i L must b e granted have a definite Ellrasian type of appearance evidence of their intermingling with folk f' rom the Dlltc.h Teri:itory. Th average native in the area patrolled is a well bllilt fellow of a verage statllre. If anything he is somewha t shorter in stature than natives of coastal areas of say the Madang coast , Skin colollring is as is llSUally f ound , a mixcure of dark chocola t e s to the light;er tan hlleB commonly t ermed i n local conversation as "red skin " , Tribal marks and tatooo are popular , but these are nowhere as extensively llSSd as, in t he c ase of the highlanders for example. It is coll11.10n clls tom in vanimo to have the na tive ' s name ta tooed on chest or limb - especially so in the co.se of young chr·is tain males, on or t\lo yuun..;- males have even gone so f ar as to have " sawmill - KeravF.lt " tatooed in a conspicuollS place. Upon ques tionin3 they clai ned to have served a period of indeu tllre there, 'l:ho V1omen arB slii;h t in s ta Lure, 'hey are of' wiiform appearance. They ar•e seldom seen with tatco 1narid.n.:.s as the men. 'rho o tandard dress for both males and females in the area is tl1e cor.u.1on luvalava wid in the ct se of tile wu:rion a blollBe as well. Ho native costwues , sucl1 as i.;rass skirts or other v10 Ven ..:arrnen to were seen. Jn the c'1Se of elderly mules and females the .-.ALO , or fibre loin cloth dro;m bt:: t'.1een the legs , ia llBed, on thB 11hole Lhuse fol are vel'y aopl1ioticnLed in their J.ress. villnge of.Cicialo and the 1.01·c 1.. i:p ortant in villaee society f1·e iu.ently don colollrful :ihir·ts !llld Bi.. 1lar ..:anJen ta for special occ .01ona , euct1 as ..,ll11day cl,u.rch nnd vioita to the ., tnLion. '..:hey re v.1~.1 clean fol , probo.bly thia ai•isco f.·01. the veI"J nature of thei•· xi:.it nee in beach villut::ee Md their cunLincied Msocintion 11th a l L tater. ~here 1a no comparison f'roro rut ipeal'unc Laut oin t be tween n bellc:l1 n" tive 1'ro~ '/animo vlllflile and one 1 rom SJ. 1i:II say , abo1 t an .our inl ..nd. The lat.tel' atlrely io deer .pit in u1 nrancc. '~he cooocint.i.on of the iJTCNG folk . le l)utch l.e 1 Guinea nutiv s h a led to u ct .ge o~ cul tu1•e in this .... ec tiun. Apart 1·rom the tlU'feren t np e r JJce they ioso oo physicnlly s Jea;dng tht>y x· ... a so much r ore 11eal t 1er 1ute1·inlly opeokin • Yow e 11 ron in t 1 are (10). appearance is most notable, appear to have a s trong mixture ' of the Eurasian blood in them. I.oat no table in their change of appearance a re , straight hair in place of the :familiar hair of New Guinea folk , a handsome ch11ell ing of facial s 1,ructure seems to hove taken pl ace in that wide flat nose11 hai.e g iven WEJ~i to finer nostrils and ~hinner lips. In ~ eneral the facial chani::; es apparent , coupl ed with a lighter sk in colou1• , almost a halfcas te igrnent as it were , provide a pleasing appe:::.rttnce. The women , particula1•ly those of child. bearing age > a re definitely of Eurasian appearance and it would see:r. that the males in WUTOUG are of Australian New Guinea orig in wh ile t the 11 aen are of Dutch origin • It is co .. l!llon for males of \IUTONG t?,_ obtain 11i vea from SIOGO , the Di..tch village near /u tong . ence the connec tion. uterislly t hese peopl e are well off. '.!!he ·e i G no shortage of implements and coolcine utensils. Pressure lamps and primus stoves are frequen tly s een. cio t hing appears on red l etter days and these folk indeed are ;-:ell. pl aced for ma t eri::U weal th of t!'ade s tore orig in. c ommonly found ill tha case of i mplernen ta are bush knives and axes , purchaatoU. from traders and stores i n Aus tralian Hew Guinea , and clothes of Dutch Urigin. A gruat deal of trading must take pl ace be t.ween natives o:f both sides. l'he currency bar rler is over c ome in a typ ically native manner, by Gimply t.ro.ding good.a. The moat common and usuc.lly aagerly sought after commodi t y froru Au.:: tral 1 an s toree. io of course the re uirements :for borlil y care and beautification such us po;;de:;: oils , soa , 111d o t'l•l B tch i te1 s . '.rhese are apriuren tly hard to ge t ort t he cttch side. '.!.'he Australian folk appear to like Dutch clothing , wh ich it must be g r anted , is of some difference and thus a basis for trading is established. '.i.'ratli."lg t':l.kes place during visits by fol k of one side of the border to the other, and even t hen with as much secrecy as they can maintain. I have little k no 1led.aa of the cull toms of thes e f ol k as concerns their true tribal baclcJ r ound. I hc.vo been but f'ou2.' months i n the aroe. and v1hila t able to observe and thu!'I repo r t certain obviolls tendencies of a rmrely y!iysicnl nature I 01 .. un a ble to provi de a t this s toge un thropologi 1.:al data o!' al\Y 0 raa ~ value, 'l' his will no doubt :follor1 in due course. ooooooooooooooOouooooooooooo LA.I and JUJ'.rICE . no soriouo c-ses were reportud • one or t110 1.1inol' diepu tea concerning adul ter-J WC L'e Bet tled amicably by all concerneu , out of nourt , and t tire is nothing unto1mrcl to revort au far as the area ns a who_e i::i uu.1cerncd. "he3e fol.c are u!.te C!Ontented 1:i1.h their lot ewJ do not l\!'flOar to indul~e in any mau:i ov r2""nts or an unlavrful nature. '...'hey a ear to be ul. t'-l amenable t;o law r~'1'i oiJ.cr 1 thin rensonable bounus , .llld are of no bother tu cduini3 ter. ooouuOO"'' ooovOooouoooooooo (11) . THE AUSTRALIAH/DU' 'CH !.>;/ GUINi!:A BORD J~R AREA. During the course of this paLrol an inspec tio11 was made of the Australian ~d Dutch Bor·der pos ts. '.fhe Aus tralain Border Foot is an lnsignifican t concrete cube , about four feet in height situa ted about five yards in from the beach and a bout an equal distance f rom the llUTOHG vill.age r est hc•i se. '.l'here are two copper P1.ates cemented into it , and Lhese bc.ar the inscription •• " The border of Dutch 1./estern r!cw Guinea lies 400 ,.io tres 11es t of this point • " there also appears an indication of the latitude and long ti t ude which is so badly affected by deterioration that it is b a re ~ly legiblt.i. "Brig . Gen . Evan, L . \'/isdom 11 1924. For an intern:itiunal boundary marker the most obvious thought is that iL iS anything but \'/hat one would expect at so i mportant a point. Rec13nt visitors to the border area were astonished at the obvious inferiority of the Aus tra:lll:an marker . The Dell. ch marker , 400 metres to the \'/est , issituated under the ove rhanging cliff face on tho beach , about 10 feet above high water mark , and i ronically enough is an i mposing stone. ::: :; _:: ::::C! -:1> i AT'_ .i· t llan the Aus tralian ston e and has a rect5.ngul9.r base and upon this a long pyrauid rests , upon which ie fixed a brass plate and an inscrip tion in Dutch. Ha t.ives !'l'OID \"iUTOl;G village v1ere closely inte r·rogated as to recent Pven t o on t he D•1 tch side of the Border , o.nd no 1mtow:i.rd O<.:<.:urrencus a re r eported. All appearo to be g_uie t in the area , and visitors f rom the Dutch 'l'erritory to this st,aUon , that is visiting natives , appear with o.n a ir1 friendliness and co-oper ation. MEDICAL REPORl'. A close examination of all village natives was carried out d:iring the census talcing. The heal th of the people in the area appears to be qui te good 0 nd no co!!1plaints or advi c e of any outbreaks of illness or any other mat terof concern to Heal th authorities were received. A few 1.1 inor sores , mainly tropical ulcers and yaws , were seen , and these sent to the local me dical Aid Poet for attention. no thing wi toward was reported as concerns the Medical Aid Post at \'/ARIMO/VANil.10 , which is maintained by one, ;'/EGIRA , a Native Medical As s istant , of 11ARI1l0 vill age. The area ie inddcd a pleasing one in which to pa trol. Tht:1 at te;n ti on paid to hJl!giene in the area is well worth mentioning and was indeed borne out by the apparent lack of flies in the area . Some ins true tione were naoessary as concerns eani tation 1 these have been ::.dhered to and there are no complaint s . A medical i\B Bis tan t did not accompany the pa trol. The last medical patrol to the area was carried out by !Jr. Edmund '."/ilson , E!.lA , in February of tnie year. I POLICE. ___-""RE ::::P;..;0:-..:R'I:.o.', Lance/corporal SD.fiJN , 2198, RPNGC , '.lc companied the patrol and carr ied out fiis duties satisfactorily. He is not a vel'Y energetic N. c . o. , in fac.t I wonder just why he was every g iven rank • His behaviour is satiafactOI"J , but he does pose cs a drive and the en thueiasm I eicpec t of him. g~g:;r~~~ ~\~! ~~~~·is O~~';;n~s r!p;~!;~~gH~0 ~~~e=:o;~::tely tai~e s things too easy for my lilting and l aclcs enthusiasm. 1/llen one considers that owing to the loss of his record.a of service and the resul t ent. delays in s upplying new ones , he has not been paid f or some eighteen months or so , it is of little wonder • He is a good policeman for patrol work despite hie present l ack of iniative. Cons table it.LA , RPNG8 . A Papuan policeman , and a good one - when under direct orserva tion. Keen and willing and full. of inte _ligence , when he cares. He is inclined to mis:.:tehnve and so l acks my confidence 1'or work on his own . Tho police behaved well. No complaints were reoei ved e ither 1'1'0m them or f rom •11ll1;1ge natives about them. ~·~~. J (G . P . Ta.ylor, P . O. ). 7 TERRITORY OF P PUA AND NEW GUINEA . P/R. 2/)2.-53 . Sepik District, The Director, District Off ice, Denartment of District Services WE ! A K. and Native Affairs, PORT MORESBY . 23rd .Oc tober ,1952 . PATROL REPORT N0 . 2/52-53 . - VANJY.O. MR . G. P. TAYLFJR . P. O. Three (3) copies of the abovementioned report are submitted herewith. Offi~ers :l.n cha rge of Sub-Statlons and Patrol Posts have been instructed to intensify patr0lline. su.nnl~~~I~~L~r);,,ar~:~i ~~\~~~~~i ~~! 0~n~rt1~~i~:ing consignment was der atch,ed to Venimo anprox:!Jllately three weeks ago. The rice growine craze is wide-spread in the Sepik District and everythine nosslble is being done to educate the native neonle along the correct lines. Shinl)ing services to Aita'hP and Vanimo have, in the nast, been irregular but with the ~i1{r~e o~ai~ta ~~!ci ."Tfi~;;s ~r~~ l~~ra~a {~~~~i~~~l~e s~~=m;s disl)osed of in Wewak . CENSUS CQJ~- THe views of the Patrol Officer regarding Census Sub:.Oivlsions hE.ve been ex.-,iressed in accordance with a discussion I had with the Patrol Off ... cer during one o.f' my inspection visits to Vnnimo. ~ US'r LIAN BORDER POST· The condition of the Post was discussed with Mr . Taylor durinr a recent visit to Vanimo. With your nermission I will desnatch materials to Van:lmo so tl1at some renairs car. be ef~,,cted t.o the concrete cube. POLICE REPORT· The Commissioner of Police has been reouested to nrovide a llunlicate cory of Constable Ol:ANU'S Record of Serv:'..ce , Ai; yet the cony has not been received at this office. Mr. Tri yi.or ' s re,.,ort :ls well sflt out and con ains some useful informati.on. ! have been nlcased with the improvement '>t Vanil11o dnr ne the ""a t few months , ( ' ( ' ,,;.,:+i. ·: ~; .... ··n-:t.' 30-1-1 . (292) f.1ib-di strict Office, AITAYS. 1.6 October 52. District Go"' s1>ioner, Di strict Headauart er:., , WWillf.. PATROL R"?ORT : VA:'il .O 2 of' 195"'-53 The ebove mentioned report is forwc rded in qwl.d ru:pli c t"l, pleaee . .AGRICULTl 'P.J<~ : The 0 . I. C , V :I ·: , hr.ii previously requested sef,d supplies for eenerel distribution. 3tocks !'eve recently been received here €.nd a portion of the!!! hFtve been !'orwertled to V~I .0 . It is encot.ra,;i.1'1; to mow that eoile ne.tives 'n this sub-district have, at last , de~ided to co11eLt!le their rice crape; inste d of storing l. t futilely +'or ca.er, sale en a local market which is not e.veilable. The subsistence diet of these people ib gensrelly recor,ni?.ed ae; bei!lP' imtdecua.t~ and by 110 me< ns r> bE lanced di et . Ttc incor:r:or~tion of rice into the 1iet will, in part , re.nedy tl'..ib fe~ture. In this sub-die Whilst I ee thrt t re is no +i!"lc li ''e t}·e pre sent to ir.tro uce i.np'"OV"d cr0rs end llcth0ds, 1 deplore the al!:1ost vid int t n th + h "!Ot b /·ct • A + • Di tr ct O fie r. c y - o ..•. ni ~t.-\e..,. .:::.. ~ ... ~ ~ ./~ l \ / ../ _J. ~ ~ j(' < 1 c p , ,~ i~ I:! I ,. I0 ~ 3 ;' 0 leaean t att0oaphere •