Item 12 - Material relating to cocoa plantation, Awilunga Plantations Limited (Lae) and other matters relating to the land clearing and agriculture.

Includes: Agreement between George Whittaker and Albert Arthur Bellhouse of Penrith, regarding business of cocoa growing, modifying an earlier agreement between George Whittaker, Bellhouse and John Genuzio dated 11 May 1940, ts. 6p ; Document, dated Aug 1951, headed Awilunga Limited Estimates of costs and capital requirements, prepared by C. Montague Orr in conjunction with J. C. Koefod and Geo. K. Whittaker, 24p. ts ; Document headed Territory of Papua and New Guinea New Guinea Land Titles Restoration Ordinance 1951-1955, FINAL ORDER, dated 26 Mar 1956, relating the piece of land called Abunaka; includes plan of Abunaka,Agricultural Lease document and Certificate of Title, 9p. cc ts ; Memos dated 26 June and 26 August 1958, from Secretary for Law to Whittaker re Survey Fee – Awilunga Plantation ; Correspondence, mostly addressed to ‘Dear Bert’, re operation of Awilunga, dated from 25 February 1948 to 31 December 1950, then 10 August 1950 ; Sundry letters about Awilunga Plantation finances, 15 April 1955 to 26 August 1958. The items under (e) above provide rather detailed information on the trials and tribulations of running Awilunga, where the partners appear to have begun operations [following the hiatus caused by the War?] in February 1947, thus the memo to Bert dated 28 February 1948 runs to 13 ts pages, that of 1 March 1949 runs to 15 ts pages.