* Aldabra Group ( Aldabra Atoll, Assumption Island, and the Cosmoledo Group, consisting of Cosmoledo Atoll and Astove Island )

Wilkenair of Kenya had, however, already started a ferry service between Mombasa and Mahé via Diego Suarez in Madagascar and Astove Island ( Seychelles ) using a twin engine Piper Navajo the previous year.

There are abandoned settlements on Astove Island and on Menai Island of Cosmoledo.

The term Cosmoledo Group includes Cosmoledo Atoll and Astove Island.

# Astove Island ( a raised atoll with just one island )

Astove Island, slightly oblique view from space. Note the wide land area ( dark ) surrounding the whitish lagoon

Astove Island measures nearly north to south and about at most east to west.

Astove Island has a very thin soil layer overlying its rocky core, which is pockmarked with caverns.

Astove Island is home to four landbirds:

In 1968, Astove Island was occupied by British adventurer and businessman Mark Veevers-Carter and his American wife, Wendy ( Day ) Veevers-Carter, who was the daughter of American author Clarence Day ( Life With Father ).

The atoll is located at and belongs to the Aldabra Group, one of the island groups of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, which includes the island of Assumption and the atolls of Astove and Cosmoledo.

This gecko is found on the Seychelles islands of Astove, Mahé, Praslin, Curieuse, La Digue and Frégate.

It was suggested that Astove is not a true raised atoll, but rather a reef flat, with the lagoon being washed out later.

Astove Island's fringing reef is just about 180 m ( 300 ft ) wide.

Much of the region in which Astove lies was explored by Arab seamen and merchants between 1000 and 1500 A. D., but there is no record of human settlement on the island before 1760.

Astove was heavily mined for guano and phosphates, and hunted for its sea turtles, but for the most part remained unvisited due to its remoteness and distance from normal shipping lanes.

The couple had founded, operated and sold a successful copra plantation on the Seychelles island of Remire, and sought to do the same on the much larger island of Astove.

“ Part of the British-governed Seychelles, Astove was a ‘ lost ’ island .”

In that year, the Portuguese frigate La Dom Royal, laden with plunder and slaves, went aground at Astove.

All aboard made it to the island, but the captain and crew soon abandoned Astove and struck out for Mozambique in a long boat.

A passing ship reported that there was “ a treasure trove of slaves ” to be had for the taking from Astove, but repeated efforts to capture them failed when almost all the ships foundered, as had the La Dom Royal.

The remaining slaves on Astove were eventually picked up and evacuated to Mahe, leaving one sole survivor “ named Paul ” on the island.

In 1799, a passing ship stopped at Astove and a search was made for this lone slave, but no trace of him could be found.

Human presence at Astove remained inconsistent throughout the 19th century and centered largely upon harvesting operations that were under way at the time.

“ When we landed on Astove, we found palm trees, a roofless wooden house and a graveyard ,” wrote Wendy Veevers-Carter.

He took with him the couple ’ s broken short-wave radio and one of their three children, leaving his wife and their two sons on the plantation at Astove.

On March 11, the 42-year-old Veevers-Carter died under anesthesia in the dentist ’ s chair, but because there was no radio on Astove, word could not be quickly delivered to his wife.

Wendy Veevers-Carter tried to manage Astove alone until November 1970, but found the task impossible.

It is difficult to pinpoint the time of origin of the state purchasing automobiles for use of employees in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island law specifies that all real estate is taxable in the town in which it is situated.

The resulting setup, it was declared, `` would be similar to that which is in successful operation in a number of metropolitan counties as large or larger than Rhode Island ''.

To summarize, it may be said that there is no one prevailing practice in Rhode Island with respect to the taxation of movable property, that assessors would like to see an improvement, and of those who have an opinion, that assessment by the town of location is preferred on the basis of their present knowledge.

It has been estimated that the value of boats in Rhode Island waters is something in excess of fifty million dollars, excluding commercial boats.

Expansion and relocation of industry in Rhode Island is the direct responsibility of the Development Council's Industrial Division, and the figures quoted above indicate a successful year's operation.

Assistance is rendered to interested Rhode Island businessmen concerning interpretation of bid invitations, where to obtain specifications, and follow-ups concerning qualification.

The Office of Foreign and Domestic Commerce is also active in the field of international trade, assisting Rhode Island firms in developing and enlarging markets abroad.

Stated in its simplest terms, the main job of the Planning Division is to plan for the future of the State of Rhode Island.

The rural land use study is being carried out under contract by the University of Rhode Island and identifies all agricultural land uses in the state by type of use.

It is not within the scope of this report to elaborate in any great detail upon special districts in Rhode Island.

As this year marks the centennial of the beginning of the Civil War, this fact is being commemorated with several exhibits throughout the State, but most of all paying tribute to the first Rhode Island Volunteers who rushed to the defense of the City of Washington, putting at the disposal of President Lincoln the only fully equipped and best trained regiment at this time.

The Miss Rhode Island Pageant is sponsored by the Rhode Island Junior Chamber of Commerce as a part of the nation-wide search for the typical American girl -- a Miss America from Rhode Island.

The ideal girl -- possessed of talent, poise, intelligence, personality and beauty of face and figure -- is chosen each year to represent Rhode Island.

For a resort area, Mackinack Island, Michigan, is the place to visit.

Information is hereby given that Mr. Timothy Palmer of Newburyport, Mass. has agreed to take charge of the concerns of the Patentees of the Chain Bridge, in the states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, so far as relates to the sale of Patent rights and the construction of Chain Bridges.

More typical is the case of a suburban Long Island housewife described by a marriage counselor.

Active warfare is raging between the forces pressing for a monument to the first Roosevelt on Theodore Roosevelt Island in the Potomac, and TR.'s own living children, who wish to preserve the island as a wildlife sanctuary.

Rhode Island is going to examine its Sunday sales law with possible revisions in mind.

The tract is bounded by Island Ave., Dicks Ave., 61st St., and Eastwick Ave..

In Nassau County, for example, the heavily settled Long Island suburb of New York City, the system is credited by the state with serving one million persons, a figure that has doubled since 1950.