High Commission, Fiji, pamphlets [microform]. 1874-1881.

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High Commission, Fiji, pamphlets [microform]. 1874-1881.

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A collection of 33 pamphlets, bound in one volume, formed by Sir Arthur Gordon when Governor of Fiji and Western Pacific High Commissioner, consisting of parliamentary papers and printed correspondence relating to Western Pacific islands other than Fiji, including New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides. The pamphlets also include: reports on the cesssion of Rotuma, pearl shell fisheries in the Torres Strait, the labour trade, the Intercolonial Conference of 1881; papers relating to conflicts, kidnappings and murders in the islands involving the ships Borealis, Sandfly, Aurora, Leslie, Winifred, Miranda, Isabelle, Cormorant, together with reports by Commodore Wilson on murders on the coast of New Guinea; general reports on conditions and commerce in the islands by W. Seed and Sterndale; Capt. W.H. Marshalls̉ report on his observations of the Ellice, Gilbert, Marshall and Caroline Islands in the HMS Emerald, 1881.

1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Stanmore, Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, Baron, 1829-1912

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Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon, first Baron Stanmore (1829-1912) was born in London and served from 1854 to 1857 as a member of the House of Commons. Gordon served as Governor of Trinidad (1866-1870), Mauritius (1871-1874), Fiji (1875-1880), New Zealand (1880-1882) and Ceylon (1883-1890). From 1877 to 1882 he also served as High Commissioner and Consul-General for the Western Pacific. From the description of High Commission, Fiji, pamphlets [microform]. 1874-1881. (Libraries Australi...

Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau

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