Law making powers in Yap, one of the four states that comprise the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), is vested in the State Legislature. The legislature has operated in its current form since 1983 following the approval by referendum of the State constitution in 1982 (see <I>PMB 1173</I> for further details). It has 10 members who are elected by universal adult suffrage every four years. However, the Legislature has its origins in the immediate post World War II period when the US Navy assumed administrative responsibility for the island. In 1945-47 the Navy encouraged and helped re-establish a Council of Chiefs. In the 1950s the 10 municipal magistrates (who were also customary chiefs) began holding meetings with the then US civil administration. Technically this Council was separate from that of the chiefs, but usually represented them. Between 1957-58 the municipalities were chartered, part of a process leading to the formation of a representative legislative body. In 1959 the first Yap Island Congress as it was then called, was convened, running parallel to the Council of Magistrates. In the 1960s Congress was expanded to include representatives from Yap's outer islands. In 1967 a new Yap District Legislature was formed, whose powers were enhanced by amendment[s] in 1978. These developments provided the foundations for the formation of the current legislature whose session journals are included here.

The Yap Legislature has law making powers over matters of public health, education, schooling, resource management, land use, the civil service, and some revenue raising abilities. Debates and discussions over these issues are carried in the <I>Yap Legislature Journal</I>.

The Journal is compiled by the Office of the Speaker of the Legislature. Issues from 1984-1997 are available here. Each volume is 500-600 pages, ring bound, double-sided photocopies. Digital copies of the <I>Legislature Journal</I> are held by the Office of the Speaker on diskette, including editions of the <I>Journal</I> since 1993. See reel list for more details.

The <I>Outrigger</I> was published by teachers in Madang with the support of the Department of Education. It reports on professional and community issues with a focus on local schooling. Some issues of the newsletter was found to have indecorus and unprofessional by the Superintenent of Schools, I. J. Robertson. He notified readers of the April 1972 issue that subsequent issues would be censored.

Vol.1 No.4 1970<BR>
Vol.2 No.1 Feb1971<BR>
Vol.2 No.2 Mar 1971<BR>
Vol.2 No.3 Apr 1971<BR>
Vol.2 No.4 May 1971<BR>
Vol.2 No.5 1971<BR>
Vol.2 No.6 Jul 1971<BR>
Vol.2 Special edition Aug-Sep 1971<BR>
Vol.2 No.9 Oct 1971<BR>
Vol.2 No.10 Dec 1971<BR>
Vol.3 No.1 Feb 1972<BR>
Vol.3 No.2. Apr 1972<BR>
Vol.4 No.1 Jun 1973<BR>

See PMB 1174 and 1175 for administrative history of the Pacific Islands Co Ltd and the Pacific Phosphate Co Ltd.

PIC/PPC, Sydney, letter books (letters-out), Gen. 1-12, Sep 1898-Jul 1906;
J T Arundel (Sydney) letter books, Pvt. 1-4, Feb 1899-Mar 1905;
Letter books, Islands 1-3, Sep 1898-Jun 1902;
Letter books, JM & Co, Aug 1896-Mar 1903;
Letter books, PI Co General 2 & 3, Oct 1900-Aug 1905;
Letter books, PI Co Agency 1, Jun 1903-May 1905.
Letter book, PP Co Insurance, Jul 1904-Jun 1906;
PPC Sydney, Reports by J T Arundel, Nos.1-174, Mar 1903-Nov 1909;
Letter book re purchase of Ralum property from E E Forsyth, 1900-1905; Letter book, Ocean Is. 1, Oct 1904-Jun 1906;
Letter book/journal, Arthur C Bell, Supercargo, Emu, Jul-Sep 1900;
Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd (inclu. Henderson & Macfarlane, Flint Island, etc.) reference file, 1897-1903;
Copy Suwarrow Island diary, May-Jul 1902. <b>See Finding aids for details.</b>
See also PMB 1174 & 1175, 1205-1207, J.T. Arundel & Co, Pacific Islands Co Ltd & Pacific Phosphate Co, and PMB 480-495, 497-498, for diaries, corresp. & further papers of J.T. Arundel & A.F. Ellis.

Transcripts of daily radio news bulletins broadcast by Radio New Hebrides (Radio Vanuatu, after independence), 28 Sep 1978–26 Nov 1980 (gaps),
Ts., roneo, c.800pp.
Reel 1

28 Sep 1978–29 May 1979
30 May 1979–1 Oct 1979
2 Oct 1979–24 Dec 1979
26 Dec 1979–31 Mar 1980
1 Apr 1980–1 Jul 1980
Reel 2
2 Jul 1980–26 Aug 1980
27 Aug 1980–26 Nov 1980

The journal publishes reports in German, sketches and photographs of Sacred Heart missions in Imperial German colonies, including New Guinea.

Vols.3, 5-10, 12-13, 1886, 1888-1893, 1895-1896.
See Finding aids for details.

Gavin Frederic Carter joined the Department of Native Affairs, TPNG, as a Cadet Patrol Officer in 1958. After completing courses in ASOPA and Port Moresby he was posted to Goroka, EHD, where in October 1958 he went on his first patrol (solo) lasting 75 days on road location in the Unggai Census Division. Carter was transferred to Kainantu, EHD, in 1959, where he was posted to Okapa and Gumine, and was promoted to Patrol Officer Gr.1 in 1960. He was transferred to Kundiawa in 1962 and then in 1963, having been promoted to Patrol Officer Gr.2, to Simbai Patrol Post in the Madang District. In 1965 he acted as Public Relations officer for the Madang District headquarters. He was posted to Saidor later in 1965, as Acting Assistant District Commissioner, and transferred to ASOPA in 1966 where he obtained the Certificate of Pacific Administration. When Carter returned to Madang in 1967 he was appointed advisor to the local Government Council at Ambenob, Madang District, and in 1969 was appointed Madang District Officer (Lands). He resigned from the TPNG Administration in April 1971.

Photographs taken at the Simbai Patrol Post, 1963-1964; Yambunglin Village Register, 1960-1969; Eastern Highlands District, Chimbu Sub-District, Patrol Reports, Watabung, Bomai, Wikauma, Salt and Nomane Census Divisions, 1959-1961; File of documents, 1958-1968, including career summary, list of equipment required for patrolling and Patrol Report 6/59-60, Tairora Census Division, Kainantu Sub-District, EHD; Field Officer’s Journal, Simbai, 1962-1969. <b>See Finding aids for details.</b>

During the 1950s and 1960s the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) was investigating resources in Papua New Guinea on a broad scale using both air photography and checking “ground truth”. As a Botanist with the CSIRO Division of Land Research and Regional Survey, carrying out scientific and terrain exploration in many areas PNG, Mr Pullen wrote regular letters to his wife which are detailed, observant and witty. Mr Pullen’s letters clearly conveys his impressions of the country and the people as well as giving a clear account of his botanical survey practices.

Mr Pullen’s letters document the following expeditions:
1956 Eastern Highlands – Western Highlands
1957 Western Highlands
1958 Ramu – Atitau
1959 Wewak – Lower Sepik
1961 Southern Highlands (Wabag–Tari)
1962 Port Moresby – Kairuku
1963 Kubor Range
1964 Managalase; Finisterre Range (with British Museum)
1966 Gulf District
1967 Port Moresby
1967 Fly River, Western Province
1969 Popondetta - Mt Lamington
1970 Port Moresby, ANZAAS Conference and excursions only
1972 Mt Suckling
<b>See Finding aids for details.</b>

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200.
This reel contains journals and correspondence as indicated: OCEAN PEARL; Journal, Captain Winthrop Sears, 1854-56 Tufts, Henry; Letterbook - correspondence from father re ships and shipping, 1845-46 Tufts, Alfred; Letters to mother, 1854-55 Tufts, George; Letters to mother, 1855 RODMAN; Journal, Captain Wm. Whitton, 1859-63 PLANT; Journal, 1829-31 Of special interest on this reel (OCEAN PEARL; 1854-56) Excellent account of shipboard life, of relations between passengers; good descriptions of ports visited and life in Hawaii; smoking volcano in Mariana Islands

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984.

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Date of voyage; Area or places visited. PLEASE NOTE: PMB 768 to 783 - the names of the captains or logkeepers were not readily available for inclusion in these entries. Some of the names may be located in the indexes mentioned above. ANN AND HOPE; 1799-1800; Pacific ANN AND HOPE; 1800; Indian Ocean ANN AND HOPE; 1798-1799; Pacific ANN AND HOPE; 1799-1800; Pacific ENVOY; 1833-37; Pacific ENVOY; 1842-43; Pacific GENERAL CARRINGTON; 1823-24; Pacific PROVIDENCE; 1824; Pacific REBECCA; 1806-1807; Indian Ocean PANTHER; 1819-1822; Indian Ocean PANTHER; 1828-1830; Pacific OSPRAY (extracts); 1818, 1821; Pacific SUPERIOR; 1824-27; Pacific Of special interest on this reel (ANN AND HOPE; 1798-1800) Notes on Australian aboriginal weapons, language, customs; Benelong; Bass and Flinders' whaleboat expedition; skirmish with French privateer at Tinian; lists of European merchants and American ships at Canton.

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Date of voyage; Area or places visited. PLEASE NOTE: PMB 768 to 783 - the names of the captains or logkeepers were not readily available for inclusion in these records. Some of the names may be located in the indexes mentioned above.
SUPERIOR; 1824-27; Continued from reel PMB 769 SUPERIOR; 1824-25; Pacific METACOM; 1849; Pacific MERCURY; 1822-25; Pacific ARCHER; 1852-53; Pacific PATTERSON; 1803-04; Pacific PHILIP TABB; 1836-38; Pacific BENJAMIN RUSH; 1833-37; Pacific BRUNSWICK; 1839-41; Indian Ocean ISIS; 1804; Pacific KENSINGTON; 1857-61; Pacific.
Of special interest on this reel (PATTERSON; 1803-04) Interesting account of Sydney, black swans, spotted deer, kangaroos, buildings, liquor trade, Parramatta, cattle; shortage of beef; distress in new Port Phillip settlement; purchase of seal skins; home through East Indies from China