Australian National University Archives

Series555 - John Baker Tongan Collection
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Item179 - Final report on an assignment as aviation adviser to the Kingdom of Tonga: September 1966 to April 1968
Item180 - Veilland, J F and Varley R M G, Report of visit to Tonga and inspection of Vava'u airfield site, 1968, London Board of Trade, 1968
Item181 - 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
Item182 - 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)
Item183 - 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
Item184 - Papers and correspondence on the vessel, the Niuvakai, including freight analysis for 1969 - 1971 ; Correspondence dated 8 October 1963 from the Tonga Copra Board Manager, S H Brown, on to the Premier about their purchase of the Niuvakai and a report by J R Baker on the operations of the Niuvakai, 30 April 1970
Item185 - Working files and documents on Tongan development used for the preparation of the Second Tongan Development Plan. Papers related to the CPI (Consumer Price Index)
Item186 - Notes, timetables, analysis of the voyages for the M V Olovaha on the Nuku'alofa - Ha'apai - Vava'u run from 1 February 1971 - August 1971, including a report on the first six months operation of the vessel by R J Baker, 6 September 1971
Item187 - Tonnage analysis of the cargo carried by the Union Steam Ship Company between Nuku'alofa, Tonga and New Zealand ports, 1968 - 1970

Reports

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