Reel MSS Microfilm 0231
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Correspondence and other papers relating mainly to British Consular business in Samoa. The correspondence includes despatches from the Acting Consul and Deputy Commissioner, Apia, Samoa, to Acting Consul-General; drafts of despatches from the Acting Consul-General to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; despatches from the Acting High Commissioner to the Acting Consul-General and drafts of despatches from the Acting Consul-General to the Acting High Commissioner. (Sept., 1876 – May, 1879)., 1876-1879
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS Archives. 2003/01. BCT 1. Series Set 43. File 43/11
Scope and Contents
Of particular interest among these papers is a file of documents relating to the case of John Morton, a British subject, who was sent from Tonga to Samoa in November, 1876, to be tried for an offence alleged to have been committed by him in Tonga. The file was forwarded by R.S. Swanston, Acting British Consul, for Samoa, to A.P. Maudslay, Acting Consul-General, under cover of a despatch dated 6 November, 1878, together with the original of a Foreign Office Consular despatch, No. 7 of the 27...
Dates:
1876-1879
Correspondence exchanged between A.P. Maudslay, Acting Consul-General and the Colonial Secretary, Fiji, concerning (a) the sale of the schooner, "Elizabeth" and (b) the disposal of a box of coins of nominal value, $1,000, being the proceeds of an indemnity imposed by the High Commissioner and Consul-General on the Government of Samoa on account of an attack upon the officers and men of H.M.S. "Barracouta". (Mar., 1879 – Apr., 1879)., 1879
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS Archives. 2003/01. BCT 1. Series Set 43. File 43/12
Scope and Contents
Copies of Maudslay's despatches to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on the above subject are contained in Set No. 27(B) pp. 22–4.
Dates:
1879
(1) Copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the case of Petersen v. Gribbon pending in H.B.M's High Commissioner's Court for the Western Pacific at Nuku'alofa. (1 Jan., 1878 – 28 May, 1879). (2) Copies of correspondence concerning an assault made by August Petersen, a German subject, upon John Bullock, a British subject, at Haapai on the 9 April, 1879. (13 Apr., 1879 – 8 Jun., 1879). (3) Copy of a sworn statement by William Gray, dated the 31 July, 1879, concerning the death of Frank Roth at Kito Island, Tonga, in circumstances which led to rumours of Roth's complicity., 1878-1879
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS Archives. 2003/01. BCT 1. Series Set 43. File 43/13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This set consists mainly of the following classes of materials:1. Registered and unregistered papers which have been withheld or removed, or which have become detached by accident, from the main body of the Consulate archives;2. archives of other offices which for one reason or another have been transferred to the custody of the Consul;3. Estrays from the archives of other offices and persons.The papers comprising this miscellany are described...
Dates:
1878-1879
(1) Foreign Office Despatch No. 8 of the 4 July, 1879, Lord Salisbury to Sir Arthur Gordon, containing general instructions regarding the policy to be followed by Sir Arthur Gordon in his relations with the Tongan Government. (2) Copies of Foreign Office correspondence forwarded to Sir Arthur Gordon relating to the question of the nomination of a German subject as Secretary to the King of Tonga. (9 May, 1879 – 25 Jun., 1879)., 1879
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS Archives. 2003/01. BCT 1. Series Set 43. File 43/14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This set consists mainly of the following classes of materials:1. Registered and unregistered papers which have been withheld or removed, or which have become detached by accident, from the main body of the Consulate archives;2. archives of other offices which for one reason or another have been transferred to the custody of the Consul;3. Estrays from the archives of other offices and persons.The papers comprising this miscellany are described...
Dates:
1879
Print of the "Treaty of Friendship, etc. between Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and the King of Tonga" concluded at Nuku'alofa on the 29 November, 1879. Text given in English and Tongan., 1879
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS Archives. 2003/01. BCT 1. Series Set 43. File 43/15
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This set consists mainly of the following classes of materials:1. Registered and unregistered papers which have been withheld or removed, or which have become detached by accident, from the main body of the Consulate archives;2. archives of other offices which for one reason or another have been transferred to the custody of the Consul;3. Estrays from the archives of other offices and persons.The papers comprising this miscellany are described...
Dates:
1879
Extracts in manuscript from the Tonga Government Gazette relating to the appointments and salaries of certain Tongan Government officials. (c.a. Aug., 1880 – Sept., 1880)., 1880
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS Archives. 2003/01. BCT 1. Series Set 43. File 43/16
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This set consists mainly of the following classes of materials:1. Registered and unregistered papers which have been withheld or removed, or which have become detached by accident, from the main body of the Consulate archives;2. archives of other offices which for one reason or another have been transferred to the custody of the Consul;3. Estrays from the archives of other offices and persons.The papers comprising this miscellany are described...
Dates:
1880
Copies of correspondence exchanged between Sir A. Gordon, the King of Tonga and the Governor of Haapai concerning a delay by the United Kingdom Government in ratifying the Treaty of Friendship of November, 1879. (30 Sept., 1880 – 9 Oct., 1880)., 1879-1880
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS Archives. 2003/01. BCT 1. Series Set 43. File 43/17
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This set consists mainly of the following classes of materials:1. Registered and unregistered papers which have been withheld or removed, or which have become detached by accident, from the main body of the Consulate archives;2. archives of other offices which for one reason or another have been transferred to the custody of the Consul;3. Estrays from the archives of other offices and persons.The papers comprising this miscellany are described...
Dates:
1879-1880
Extracts in manuscript, done in English, from the "Bo'ombo'oi No. 3, Vol. 3 – September, 1881" and "October, 1881"., 1881
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS Archives. 2003/01. BCT 1. Series Set 43. File 43/18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This set consists mainly of the following classes of materials:1. Registered and unregistered papers which have been withheld or removed, or which have become detached by accident, from the main body of the Consulate archives;2. archives of other offices which for one reason or another have been transferred to the custody of the Consul;3. Estrays from the archives of other offices and persons.The papers comprising this miscellany are described...
Dates:
1881
Extracts in manuscript, done in English, from Tongan Laws passed between c.a. 1877 and c.a. 1882 relating to land, evidence, the destruction of property and the compulsory planting of cotton and coffee., 1877-1882
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS Archives. 2003/01. BCT 1. Series Set 43. File 43/19
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This set consists mainly of the following classes of materials:1. Registered and unregistered papers which have been withheld or removed, or which have become detached by accident, from the main body of the Consulate archives;2. archives of other offices which for one reason or another have been transferred to the custody of the Consul;3. Estrays from the archives of other offices and persons.The papers comprising this miscellany are described...
Dates:
1877-1882
Copy of a letter, unsigned, to S.W. Baker, dated 4 July, 1882, forwarding explanations by the High Commissioner of certain portions of the Treaty of Friendship of November, 1879.
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS Archives. 2003/01. BCT 1. Series Set 43. File 43/20
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This set consists mainly of the following classes of materials:1. Registered and unregistered papers which have been withheld or removed, or which have become detached by accident, from the main body of the Consulate archives;2. archives of other offices which for one reason or another have been transferred to the custody of the Consul;3. Estrays from the archives of other offices and persons.The papers comprising this miscellany are described...
Dates:
1855-1959