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Historians of art and the general public as well will find it forcibly brought home to them that here at last is an art-show where factual information on artists names and dates can be of no possible service. Half way across the Pacific island cultures that have been called pathetically simple, make sculptured wood images as well contrived to symbolize the lofty things of the spirit that our most successful copying of flesh dwindles into simplicity indeed.

A volcanic eruption on the island of Hawaii in December 1959 devastated an existing montane rain and seasonal forest covering an area of about 500 hectares.

The hawksbill turtle (eretmochetys imbricata) population in Samoa has been depleted to near extinction through extensive human predation pressure upon the eggs and nesting turtles. The Fisheries Division of Western Samoa initiated a hawksbill conservation programme in 1971 in which approximately 500 eggs are transferred each nesting to a hatchery in an effort to replenish the turtle stocks. Such a conservation project is not only ecologically important but it is also important for local nutritional and industrial reasons. Adult turtles captured near the reef have always been an available protein source, and jewellery made from the shell provides an excellent revenue.

Trees are one of the most magnificent forms of life to be found in the world. Among them are the largest and longest living of God's creatures. Until stone-age man began their destruction several thousand years ago, they were the most widespread type of vegetable life. They have been so important to man, as his uses for timber have multiplied, that many species are now in danger, and, life all the world's resources, the forests must now be husbanded with care.

In considering the ways in which .A.S.F, can improve the supply of cassowaries, or the methods of husbandry, it is essential to work from the premise that there i.s in fact an existing long established and operational industry. It may be little understood, but its methods are open to study and improvement.