Includes the following essays: M. J. Daly, (University of Papua New Guinea), “The Development of Labour-Dispute Settlement Procedures in Papua New Guinea”, 19pp ; Storm White (University of Queensland, “An Analysis of the attitudes of British Imperial Officials towards the Fijian Islanders during the period 1857 to 1874”, 10pp ; May Kentish (University of Queensland), “First Impressions: the European-Tahitian Experience 1767-1802”, 14pp, maps ; Wendy Cowling, “The Establishment of Provincial Government in Papua New Guinea”, 19pp, appendices ; Andrew R.T. Campbell, “The Political Structure of Tongareva: an ethnohistorical view”, 29pp ; Sheila Gray (University of Auckland), “A comparison of the ‘Narrative of the Late George Vason of Nottingham’, published by the Reverend James Orange in 1840, and Vason’s original account of ‘Four Years Residence at Tongataboo’, published in 1810”, 11pp ; Ane Arnott, “Domestic Policies since Independence” [in PNG], 14p ; Patricia Strauss, “In his article ‘Beachcombers and Castaways’, H. E. Maude recognised the existence of island beachcombers, but he claimed that, ‘In the Pacific region at least transculturalism was strictly a one-way traffic’. Do you agree…”, 20pp ; Phyllis Herda, “An Overview of the Reception of Two Spanish Explorers on Vava’u”, 20pp.