Z if During the operation it was necessary to hire native labor at the camps on the v2rious weather islands. Arrangements were made to pay the natives at Kusaie with broken lots of food. At Tarawa and Kapingamarangi, the only other islands where indigenous personnel were hired, payment was made in cashe To expedite payment of these laborers, it was necessary to establish definite methods of payment in each case. To effect payment in broken lots of food, the island Magistrate certified to the hours worked and signed for appropriate amounts of food, which was paid on the basis of the current retail value of similiar items in the local store. _ In the case of payments made in cash, the Finance Officer at Eniwetok authorized the appointmenat-of a Class "A" agent who would make a monthly trip to each camp site to make payments. An additional expense was incurred on the island of Nauru, where the Australian authorities asked payment of guard fees to natives who guarded aircraft landing at the Nauru airport. Prompt payment was essential in order to maintain good relations with the Nauru administration; therefore payment was effected expeditiously upon receipt of each bill for such charges. Two other minor charges were handled in the same manner as the guard fees. The above procedures were considered satisfactory and it is recommended that similiar rrocedures be adopted for subsequent tests. The attached charts indicate funds utilization during Operation aa HARDTACK, AFWLSHO