Great Britain. High Commission for Western Pacific Islands

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These records form part of the Western Pacific Archives (MSS & Archives 2003/1).

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These records form part of the Western Pacific Archives (MSS & Archives 2003/1).

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Collection contains records created and maintained by the British Consulate in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga, including completed passport applications and certificates of identity, Special and Advance Warrants, papers relating to estates administered by HBM Consul in Tonga Miscellaneous, drawings and plans and other miscellaneous records.

Scope and Contents Collection comprises of a folder of material potocopied from the archives of the Western Pacific High Commission relating to volcanic eruptions in Niuafo'ou, Tonga during the 1930s and 1940s. The material was compiled by the anthropologist Garth Rogers during his research for Rogers, Garth. The evacuation of Niuafo'ou: an outlier in the Kingdom of Tonga. Journal of Pacific History. XVI, 3:149-63, 1981. and Rogers, Garth....

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Collection includes court minute and evidence, handwritten notes and files relating to court cases, indexes and registers, copies of court orders rules and regulations, cash books and other papers.

Scope and Contents Control records for the Western Pacific High Commission inwards correspondence, MP series, including WPHC4/I. Indexes: 1897 – 1941; WPHC4/II. Inwards correspondence registers: 1875 – 1941; and WPHC4/III. Alphabetical indexes to accounts inwards correspondence, 1924 – 1946. These registers and indexes relate to WPHC4/IV inwards correspondence, MP series: 1875 – 1941. Due to the size of WPHC4/IV it has been described in single or two yearly runs with separate collection records...

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Collection contains general correspondence files, collated press cuttings relating to the New Hebrides, Radio Vila Territory news bulletins, and related materials.

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Collection contains general correspondence files, court records, regulation and circulars.

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Collection comprises files of correspondence, or minute papers (MP) which include letters received, replies, related papers and publications along with comments, annotations, and instructions by administrators.