B3. FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONNAIRE OF THE OCEANIA COMMITTEE 



CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT 



Please fill out IMMEDIATELY and return to George P. Murdock, 258 

 I. H. R., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. The data from these forms will 

 be compiled by the Committee on the Anthropology of Oceania of the National 

 Research Council and supplied to interested agencies of the United States 

 Government. Information is especially desired on the less known islands and 

 regions of the Pacific. Use a separate form for each specific district with 

 which you are acquainted. 



This is a report on in the island or archipelago of , 



where I (name : ) resided from (mo., yr.) to 



The approximate population of this district was in 19. ., when the largest 



settlement, named , contained .... persons. The ethnic composition of 



the district (approximate number or percentage) was natives, half- 

 castes, Japanese, Chinese, Indians, Americans and 



British, Germans and Italians, and other Europeans. 



Of the natives and half-castes, about speak English, another 



European language (namely, ) , pidgin English, and 



another lingua franca (namely, ). 



Indicate by an A (if absent), R (if rare), or C (if common) the prevalence in 

 the district of the following diseases: malaria ( ), dysentery ( ), leprosy 



( ), typhoid ( ), svphilis ( ), gonorrhea ( ) ( ), 



( ). 



A good (preferably topographic) map of the district is available in the following 



published source : 



(If you possibly can, append a sketch map, however rough, indicating the location 

 of the important features of the terrain mentioned below. One or more rough 

 silhouettes of the island or of important topographic features or human installa- 

 tions would be useful to aid in identification from the sea or air.) 



There are high ( ), low ( ), no ( ) mountains, with a maximum 



elevation of feet. There are no ( ), a few ( ), extensive ( ), 



impassable ( ) swamps. There is ( ), is not ( ) an annual rainy 



season, lasting from to In the absence of roads, mechanized 



vehicles can ( ), cannot ( ) traverse the interior because of mountains 

 ( ), jungle or swamps ( ), sand ( ), soft soil ( ). There are 

 many ( ) , a few ( ) , no ( ) stretches of level ground usable as land- 

 ing fields for aircraft without clearing ( ), with slight effort expended in 

 clearing ( ), with considerable preparation ( ). 



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