§ 24. Sir J. Langford-Holtasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, in view of the 565W desire of many Banabans now residing in Fiji to return to their homeland, Banaba, now derelict as a result of phosphate mining, the Government and their partners in the British Phosphate Commission, who have together benefited greatly from extraction of the Island's only resource, intend to assist in the work of restoration.
§ Mr. LuardNotwithstanding the decision of the Vice-Chancellor to award damages of some A$14,000 in the replanting action against the British Phosphate Commission, the latter renewed its earlier offer of A$1.25 million in final settlement. In addition, the British Government have offered to finance a resources study of the island.