t 6 strips across the main islands of Bikind and Fnyu. Leaving intervening strips of vegetation will reduce erosion of the topsoil and provide protection from wind and salt spray for the seedlings. Over the two years replanting costs are estimated to amount to approximately $177,000. Grove maintenance will begin in fiscal year 1971 and will spread over the subsequent four years. It will consist of brushing-out the cleared planting strips, fertilization and care of the seedlings, and, as the newly-planted trees grow, the progressive clearing of the intervening strips of ecrub vegetation. Over the five-year period of fiscal year 1971 through 1975, grove maintenance costs are currently estimated to total approximately $112,000, Construction costs for village facilities and for housing for the returned Bikinians are estimated to total $815,000 for fiscal year 1970 wet oo af through 1975. The bulk of the construction will be done at the outset of the resettlement program with, as noted above,.community facilities a and housing for about 30 families. r * s 3 ‘ Subsequent construction costs contemplate housing at the rate of about six units a year and with an addition to the school being built in 1973 when the school-age population will overcrowd the > facility first built. Administrative and resettlement costs, the latter including transportation to and from Kili and a feeding subsidy for the returned people, are estimated to amount to approximately $534,000 over the six-year period. . Economic Future Some additional comments are in order with respect to the economic future of Bikini. The basic resettlement program is designed to provide, ~~" C54 cs" cm cm - 10 -