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land was distributed on the original

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@Gistributed to the

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distributed?

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Mr.
lineage

SILK.

We

Mr.

YATES.

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Mr.

SILK.

Mr.

Mr.
land

I don't know what that means.
It means according to your family,

YATES.

coming from

Do the descendants of the mother's own the

SILK.

rights

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Mr.

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But the

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distributing the land according to the

land now?

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1522

How was the land

your mother's side.

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are

or was it

system.

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500 and some?

136,

65

The

from

YATES.
thing

I

land is

decided

your

mother's

That

is

and

Kind of

am wondering

a

two ways.
also

from your

double

about is,

You get your

is

lineage
there

father's.
system,
an

then.

overflow

of people here who don't own anything?

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Mr.

SILK.

No,

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Mr.

YATES.

Mr.

MITCHELL.

I

they will still have land.
don't understand

that.

Unless

all the

land-

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Can you

just explain based

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understand?

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served as translater.

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answer.

What increasing population,

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allocate

land

Mr.
happens

John Silk is with our office in Majuro and also

the

I think he may be able to provide the

so everybody

YATES.
to

on what you

gets

I£ they do,
product

of

the

some,

how do they continue to
that is

the question.

if in fact they do,
soil?

Presumably

because what
if he

owns

a

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