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PITCAIRN

ANNEX 6

Population

1.75 square miles

65

Present constitutional position: Island Council of 10 with 3 elected members.

1.

Size

2.

3.

4.

5.

-

UK aid budgetary

Budget expenditure (1979/80): £129,000

6.

7.

total aid per capita

nil

usually nil

Main activities and sources of income: subsistence economy.

if the community

Prospects: policy here is to preserve community life for as long as inhabitants wish to remain; ever wish to leave, they are likely to settle in New Zealand or Norfolk Island - where they have relations.