Tab_A
(Palau District)
LAMOTREK
(Cont'd)
alphabet, and understood a little English.
The native
teacher had limited training. The schoolhouse is of native
construction, is adequate in size, and was fairly well
equipped,
(d)
Religion.
There is a very small, well-kept chapel of native con-
struction. The lay priest had been educated by an American
missionary from Yap. All of the islanders are Catholic.
(e)
Economic development,
Copra exports for the last calendar quarter of 1948
totalled $485.76.
A small amount of handicraft is being
made, with present emphasis on banana fiber tablecloths,
viehe!
fringed at the ends and striped around the edges and down
the center with imported dye colors.
Lamotrek is essentially self-sufficient in food, hav~
ing coconuts, taro, breadfruit, yams, bananas, papayas,
avocados, fish, chickens and pigs, Fishing tackle and
machetes were needed,
Import of trade goods is supplied from the Western
Carolines Wholesale Company, which has its headquarters on
Koror Island in the Palaus and whose representative accom
panies CivAd field trips. For further details of this
Company, see page 74, Tab A.
Rehabilitation is complete on Lamotrek,
(g)
Services,
teow:
gion
Transportation within Lamotrek atoll is by outrigger
canoes, of which there were two large (sailing) and seven-
t
teen small ones.
An ex-Navy whaleboat would be of assis-
tance for intra-atoll transportation and off-loading.
There
is a small pier with sufficient depth of water alongside for
a Navy whaleboat,
C.
Administrative organization.
Liaison between Lamotrek and the Civil Administrator, Palau
District, is accomplished during quarterly field trips, the last
one of which prior to this inspection visited the island in an AC
on 27 October 1948.
Tasks for these field trips are similar to
those noted on page 18, Tab A.
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REPRODUCED FROM HOLDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
(f)
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