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HEADQUARTERS OF THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATOR, PONAPE DISTRICT
(2)
(Cont'd)
Sanitation in the Ponape District is generally very good.
Recommendations for improvement are made under the headings
of the islands visited, which constituted the major number of
islands in this District.
(c)
Education.
Educational progress in the Ponape District is considered
satisfactory. Comments and recommendations for general im
provement are shown for the islands visited, and in Tab B and
page 13 of the Reporte
(a)
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There are 19 Protestant and 6 Catholic churches in the
Ponape District. 4 Protestant and & Catholic missionaries
reside in the District. Relationships between missionaries
and Civil Administration officials appeared to be cordiale
Periodic visits of a Navy chaplain te CivAd headquarters are
recommended.
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Economic development.
Copra is the major commercial product of the Ponape
District, totalling $69,446.09 in purchases from the natives
during the last quarter of the calendar year 1948. During
this same period, purchases from natives of handicraft
totalled $9,871.90, of charcoal $8,626.75.
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craft, boat—building, trochus shell, charcoal, dried fish
and fresh fruits are included under the headings of the
islands visited. The combined picture is generally one of
industry, prosperity, and self-sufficiency.
Transportation for imports and exports is dependent on
U.S. naval craft. Inter-atoll and intra-atoll transportation can be improved by acquisition and conversion of
suitable-type hulls from the World War II stock of Navy
boatse
(See page 23 of the Report.)
The Ponape Cooperative Company, chartered by natives of
Ponape District, supplies trade goods to the outer islands
of the Ponape District, with the exception of Kusaiee
Rehabilitation of the Agriculture Experiment Station on
Ponape: Island, with its attendant proposed training in sub~
sistence gardening, holds great promise not only for the
Ponape District but also for the entire Trust Territory.
Clearing of jungle growth from the plant and tree acreage and
the planting of a trial "subsistence unit" in the form of a
demonstration garden has been underway since early November
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