Tab A
(Palau District)
KOROR
(Cont'd)
training as teechers, on completion of which they will return
as instructors to their respective islands. Instruction at
the Intermediate School includes English, arithmetic, general
science, a little grammar, spelling, geography, arts, crafts,
hygiene and simple sanitation. The carpentry class has con=
structed a warehouse, dormitory for boys, kitchen and dining
room, and much furniture for the classrooms.
There is a small
but well-attended school garden, kept by the oupils, and this
contained growing vegetables, including taro, onions, tapvioca,
melons, corn and sweet potatoes.
A P.T.A. has been established, and is receiving the suvport
of the people. <A Christmas program was held in 1948 at most
of the schools.
(d)
Religion e
The Catholic church (and mission) at Koror is tended by
three missionaries and three nuns, The Protestant mission
is headed by a Lutheran pastor, There is a small group of
Seven Day Adventists, headed by a Palauan, and a small denom
ination of Modekni, an old Palauan religion with clan gods,
Relations between the religious groups and CivAd were excellent.
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(e)
Economic develooment,
Copra sales by the natives of Koror amounted to 4172.12
for the last quarter of the calendar year 1948,
Some head-
way is evident against the inroads made bv the Japanese
beetle.
In addition to combating the beetle by parasite, new
dlantings of coconut trees are being made, and dead or non~
bearing ones are being cut in order to decrease the breeding
places of the beetle.
Handicraft purchases from the natives of Koror amounted
to $949.85 for the last calender quarter of 1948.
Develop-~
ment of handicraft to produce more income probably must await
further growth of coconut and pandanus trees in greater num
bers than exist at voresent.
Sales by the natives of trochus shell for the 1948 season
amounted to $1330.00,
Fishing as an industry holds promise. Catches of bonito
are large outside the reef, and tuna are present. A native
co-operative fishing company, with seven members and one boat,
provides subsistence fishing for Koror and nearby island markets, and can catch a surplus. Establishment of a cannery at
adjoining Malakal island is considered a commercial possibility.
Dock, storage and building facilities already exist at that location.
Boatbuilding and repair offers another phase of possible
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