Tab A
(Palau District)
WOLEAI
(f)
(Cont'd)
Rehabilitation.
With the exception of the council house and one large
boat house, the buildings and houses on Woleai Island are
made of a mixture of thatch, boards, and remains of wrecked
Japanese installations and damaged equipment- The council
house (which also is used as a boat house) and the large
boat house are of thatched roof, timber-supported, open-sided
construction.
Some pandanus fronds can be obtained from
other islands of the atoll, but until the local pandanus and
coconut trees reach greater size, the major amount of building materials to improve rehabilitation must be brought in by
- field trip shipping.
(g)
Services.
Transportation by water for the villagers of Woleai
Island is by outrigger canoes, of which there were reported
to be ten, four of these equipped with cloth sails.
There
were six large outrigger sailing canoes on the Island, and
these were fitted with the first pandanus-mat sails observed
during the inspection tour.
In view of the size of the
lagoon in Woleai atoll, of the number of separated islands,
and of the present stage of economic development, it is
recommended that two ex-Navy whaleboats be supplied ‘Joleat
atoll to assist in intra-atoll transportation, one based on
Woleai Island at the eastern end of the lagoon, and one at
Utagal Island at the western end of the lagoon.
Rennes:
REPRODUCED FROM HOLDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
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Administrative organization.
Liaison between the Civil Administrator, Palau District, and
Woleai islands is accomplished during field trips. The last field
trip visited Woleai Island 24 October 1948; the next visit was
scheduled for early February 1949. The tasks of these field trips
are similar to those noted on page 18, Tab A.
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