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drce account or by
in which the division
ted during the year
8 to airfields for jet
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operation in all districts, relocatigg
2-700 KW generators from Kwaj
to Saipan to alleviate power shor
assistance in typhoon rebuilding
Palau, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan,
surfacing the road from Tomil §
to Coast Guard Loran Station, Yap
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$2 million worth of °
copra exported annual
by far the largest
exchange earner.
Territurs's economic structure is
ff bused mainly on subsistence farmdtishing. Products such as
Boas arc plentiful, but they are conBd ang are not exchange earners.
ren obviously participate in these
Af
y ctlorts, nevertheless elementary
fol attendance is quite good.
The ocean poses both problems in transportation and opportunity in the resources
it contains. The outrigger canoestill
plays a vital role in both. The Palay shipyard, however, continues to expand, and
its modern facilities will play a keyrole
Magnificent scenery as in this view of
Pagan,
Mariana Islands District. indicates whyt
he j
Territory's future as a tourist center
is so bry
in Administration efforts to exoloit the
Territory's marine resources.
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