| NOTES: | This is the first of a series of reports on the population of Trust Territories, being prepared by the Population Division in the United Nations Department of Social Affairs. The purpose of the reports is to summarize existing knowledge regarding characteristics of the population, trends of population growth, and the relation of population to economic resources in each of the territories, for the use of the United Nations and of the administering authorities in stimulating the economic, social and political advancement of the peoples under the Trusteeship System. |
