Vol. XLV. No. 2. 25 Cents a Copy February, 1933 I fewl....2:4110-11 MID-PACIFIC MAGAZINE "'S George Sakamaki, who, with his bride, recently sailed for Manchuria to fill a position with the Japanese government, has been appointed an Ambassador of Friendship by the Pan-Pacific Union. Both are citizens of Hawaii. 2r...4-41"477,r-a h b- 13 . II ult ITT! vu w.17 Int 1yu uy lit( litt I/ tf umnriliflifilutnItntin1(ntritICII tin rnt ti11TIAIILIIIICILballICALOILOI s , • ..#) • 0.11t illtilaij aritir fft aga3ittp • • CONDUCTED BY ALEXANDER HUME FORD . Volume XLV Number 2 „ CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1933 •1 •1 Art Section—Fiji, Tahiti, the Philippines, and the Maoris • of New Zealand. Government Photographs of Fiji and New Zealand 102 14 tl Maori Art 117 •, By Garnet S. Cabot . In the Benguet Hills, Philippine Islands 121 • By Bertha Shanks Chancy • Fiji Sports 133 4.' By Fay Sharp g The Fleshpots of Peru in General and Lima in Particular - 135 By Alexander Hume Ford E The Great Barrier Reef 139 • By P. J. Nally • 141 A Holiday in Alaska .7; By Eunice Mays Boyd • 8.; The Changing East 145 •I By Russell Owen .1 .: The Hoorn Islands 151 ., By the late Sir Joseph Carruthers I •i Department Stores of British Malaya 157 .1 41 By Walter Buehler 1 • .1 .1 . Dyke Builders of the Yangtze 161 • By Alexander Hume Ford • •1 • • j At the Pan-Pacific Club of Tokyo 175 . 41 Bulletin of the Pan-Pacific Union, New Series, No. 156 - - 181 . ., . Zilt 1110-Farifir f 1: agazinr Published monthly by ALEXANDER HUME FORD, Pan-Pacific Club Building, Honolulu, T. H. Yearly sub- scription in the United States and possessions, $3.00 in advance. Canada and Mexico, $3.25. For all foreign countries, $3.50. Single Copies, .25c. Entered as second-class matter at the Honolulu Postoffice. Permission is given to reprint any article from the Mid-Pacific Magazine. 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