Oceania -- History -- Sources

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Files MP 3/1928 - MP 3799/1928

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Files MP 2/1929 – MP 3390/1929

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Files MP 1/1930 - MP 3855/1930.

Scope and Contents 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. Files include correspondence between the Resident Commissioners, missionaries, Indigenous leaders, European traders, scientists and commercial entities and the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, and the High Commissioner and the Secretary of State for the Colonies...

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I. Land Claims Registers. 1886 – 1936. II. Copies of registered Land Claims. 1886 – 1907. III. Prints relating to Land Claims.

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

Scope and Contents I. Oaths. 1925–1952. II. Ordinances. 1916–1951. III. Regulations. 1879–1951 IV. Rules, Orders & Regulations. 1927–1951. V. Proclamations. 1895–1951. VI. Acts. 1835–1939. VII. Commissions. 1877–1950. VIII. Descriptive Indexes and Registers. 1880–1961. IX. Reports. 1881–1958. X. W.P.H.C. Deeds and Licences. 1881–1922. XI. Papers relating to Marine Matters. 1879–1959. XII. Papers relating to G.E.I.C. Affairs. 1892–1946. XIII. Papers relating to B.S.I.P. Affairs. 1919–1962. XIV. Papers...

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I. Printed Estimates. 1915–1919. II. Printed papers relating to the New Hebrides. 1880–1940. III. Printed papers and typescript copies of documents relating to the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. 1880–1942. IV. Printed papers relating to Tonga. 1887–1918. V. Printed papers and typescript copies of documents relating to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. 1875–1967. VI. Various printed papers relating to the Western Pacific, including copies of legislation. 1886–1960.

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I. Papers relating to Civil Aviation in the South Pacific. 1946–1969. II. Records relating mainly to Marine and Naval Affairs. 1879–1956. III. Records relating mainly to administrative matters. 1901–1969. These records form part of the Western Pacific Archives (MSS & Archives 2003/1).