An administrative patrol moving along a ridge in the Chuave area

Abstract

An administrative patrol moving along a ridge in the Chuave area of the Eastern Highlands. Because of the rugged terrain of the greater part of the Territory the native people in the past lived in relative isolation from each other in mutually-hostile villages or groups of villages. Establishing peace, order and good government among these people begins with the Administrative patrol. Patrols travelled on foot over country often incredibly rugged and difficult of access. No part of the Territory is now unknown and at 30th June, 1960, about 86 per cent of the total area of 183,540 square miles was under Administration control, 11 per cent was under Administration influence, and only the remaining 3 per cent, was classified as merely "penetrated by patrols".