NEW GUINEA AND THE PAPUANS 
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is the German territory far distant from any other 
possession of that nation, but it is likewise remote from 
civilisation, and is without doubt very unhealthy. 
PAPUAN HOUSE, DOREI BAY. 
British New Guinea has the advantage of propinquity 
with Australia, but it is to be feared that from an 
agricultural point of view the possession is of little value. 
