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John Baker Tongan Collection
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John Baker Tongan Collection

  • AU ANUA 555
  • Series
  • 1955 - 1973

The collection was formed during 1969 and 1970 by John R Baker, Economist to the Government of Tonga and resident in the capital of Nukualofa from August 1969 to May 1970. Baker was employed by the British Ministry of Overseas Development and was seconded to the Government of Tonga as an Economist to undertake the preparation and drafting of the Tonga Development Plan 1970 - 1975, which was Tonga's second development plan. He was employed partly on the strength of his having worked in the Solomon Islands in 1964 and 1965 under the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) Scheme. He was the first economist employed by the Tonga Government to work on development planning.

Baker, John R

Tonga Copra Board, Annual Reports 1965 - 1973 (incomplete). The set of reports include: 'Reports and financial accounts for the year ended 31st December 1965' ; 'Auditor's report and manager's supplementary report on financial accounts for the year ended 31st December 1965' ; 'Reports and financial accounts for the year ended 31st December 1968' ; 'Auditor's preliminary report and manager's supplementary report on financial accounts for the year ended 31st December 1968' ; 'Acting manager's report for the year ended 31st December 1969', 1970 and 1971 ; 'Balance sheet and related accounts for 1972' and 1973

Working documents on roads used for the preparation of the second Tongan development plan, including Ministerial report on bitumen sealing - Tongatapu Roads, information on order of costs ; Baker, J R Report on a visit to 'Eua, 13 - 15 October 1969 ; Road Construction Programme 1970 - 75, Road Committee ; Traffic statistics 1959 - 1969 ; Development Co-ordination Committee, Memorandum on roads (revised road programme 1970 - 1975)

Working documents on shipping and ports used for the preparation of the second Tongan development plan, including - Revised list of ships visiting Nuku'alofa as of 23 April 1970 ; Memorandum to Cabinet Ministers on the proposed purchase of a fast inter-island vessel 'Queen of the Isles' to serve the Neiafu - Pangai - Nuku'alofa route, c1969 ; Copy of a letter to the Tonga Shipping Agency in Tonga about the inadequacy if shipping services between Auckland and Nuku'alofa, 23 December 1969 ; Report by H V Barnard, Development Officer on the Niutao Wharf, 21 August 1969

Papers relating to the new airport at Vava'u, including a copy of a letter to Polynesian Airlines Ltd, and ministerial reports from the Development Coordination Committee to Cabinet Ministers on the development of internal air services in Tonga. Includes a report on Fua'Amotu Airfield and minutes of the Aviation Advisory Committee for 11 April 1968 and Record Notes of the first ; and Second meetings with representatives of Dillingham Company about the construction of hotels and the airport, 26 - 28 March 1969

Working documents on tourism used for the preparation of the second Tongan development plan, including a Record Note: First meeting with representatives of Dillingham Company about the construction of hotels and the airport, 26 March 1969 ; [Record of] the Second meeting with representatives of Dillingham Company about the construction of hotels and the airport, 28 March 1969 ; Report by Jack Anderson, Ferry Miles and Leeds Davis, The freeport concept ; Press release? for the Sunday Times, 14 December 1969 - The Friendly Islands are looking for a helping hand ; several tourist brochures

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