158 B. A. Daly — Problems 'of the Pacific Islands. 



Areas of Pacific Islands. 



Square 



Square (statute) 



Group kilometers miles 



Pelew .- 503 194 



Bonin and neighboring islands 110 42 



Mariana 1,140 440 



Caroline _. 1,450 560 



Marshall 410 159 



Hawaiian 17,008 6,566 



Fanning (group) 668 258 



D'Entrecasteaux 3,145 1,214 



Louisiade 2,200 850 



New Caledonia 16,920 6,528 



Loyalty 2,743 1,059 



Kermadec 33 13 



Bismarck (including Admiralty Ids.) 47,100 18,184 



Solomon 43,900 16,952 



Santa Cruz 938 362 



New Hebrides 13,227 5,107 



Fiji 20,837 8,045 



Tonga 997 385 



Gilbert 430 166 



Ellice 37 14 



Samoa 2,787 1,076 



Cook (Hervey) 368 142 



Austral (Tubuai) 286 111 



Tokelau (Union) . 14 5 



Phoenix 42 16 



Manihiki 137 53 



Society.. 1,650 637 



Paumotu (Tuamotu) 978 378 



Marquesas 1,274 492 



Easter and Sala y Gomez Ids 122 47 



Cocos '. _. 33 13 



Galapagos.. 7,643 2,952 



Juan Fernandez (group) 187 72 



189,317 73,092 



Adding the isolated islands, the total area is about 75,000 

 square miles. Of this, nearly one-half covers a dozen of the 

 largest islands, including : Hawaii ; Yiti Levu and Yanna 

 Levu of the Fiji group ; New Pomerania and New Mecklen- 

 burg of the Bismarck group ; and New Caledonia. These 

 more important islands are likely to be studied carefully by 

 their respective owners. The project now advocated has 

 special reference "to the thousands of smaller islands. Their 

 total area is less than 50,000 square miles and is thus seen to 

 imply a task not too great for private American enterprise. 



