PITCAIRN ISLANDS GROUP
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Pitcairn is a volcanic island of 1.75 square miles situated in the
Pacific Ocean roughly mid-way between New Zealand and Panama,
population of 61 most of whom are of Anglo-Tahitian stock and are descend-
ants of the "Bounty" mutineers. The other islands of the group
Henderson, Ducie and Oeno
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are uninhabited.
The island is administered by the Governor (also British High Commissioner in Wellington) through a Commissioner in Auckland and a
Government Adviser who lives on the island. There is also an Island
Council of ten which is presided over by the Magistrate.
Pitcairn's economy is rudimentary, consisting mainly of subsistence
farming and fishing. Public revenue comes from the sale of stamps and from
investments.