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KAPINGAMARANGI (Cont'd)
clean, but more attention is necessary with respect to prop-
erly-screened water catchments and gravity outlets thereto.
(c)
Education,
A public elementary school on Touhou Island has a re-
ported attendance of 57 pupils.
The teacher needs further
training. The schoolhouse is of native construction, is
adequate in size, and was short of some supplies.
(4) Religion.
There is a spacious, thatched-roof Protestant church on
Touhou Island, presided over by Leon, a lay minister with 39
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years religious leadership on the island. Attendance at
church and Sunday school services was reported large. A
small, native-construction Catholic church is on Werua Island,
with a lay priest and a reported congregation of 2.
METRE:
Economic development.
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During the last quarterly field trip calls of the cal-
endar year 1948, copra export purchases totalled $2,126.67,
handicraft $1,934.55.
At the time of this inspection, approx-
imately $1,800 worth of handicraft was ready for shipment, including excellent baskets, mats, sandals, and model outrigger
canoes, Only a small amount of copra was ready, as November
storms and subsequent rains had slowed down copra production.
Purchases of these shipments were to be completed on the next
field trip scheduled in late January.
Sennit — twine and
some of*tne natives, and is being used in building homes and
water craft. Its export salability is being explored by
1.T.C,
Kapingamarangi is practically self-sufficient in food,
having coconuts, taro, pandanus, bananas, yams, fish, chickens and pigs. Taro and pigs are raised on Werua Island.
Some foodstuffs had been imported recently, due to local crop
damaye from heavy southerly winds in late November 19148.
There is one native store, supplied by the Ponape Cooperative. The store was well-stocked with merchandise.
The island's overall economy is presently dependent on
naval shipping, and probably will remain so for sone time
because of its remote location.
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REPRODUCED FROM HOLDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
rope made from coconut fiber -- was being manufactured by
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Rehabilitation has not been a problem. Storms are rare in
this area, but the late November storm had blown down many
trees and buildings, and washed away part of the coral and
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