Book/Printed Material British New Guinea (Papua)
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Image 1 of British New Guinea (Papua) HANDBOOKS PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION OF THE FOREIGN OFFICENo 88 -
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Image 7 of British New Guinea (Papua) HANDBOOKS PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION OF THE FOREIGN OFFICENo 88 T 7 BRITISH NEW GUINEA PAPUA -
Image 8 of British New Guinea (Papua) He fin of 9 NOV 29 1921 -
Image 9 of British New Guinea (Papua) Editorial Note In the spring of 1917 the Foreign Office in connection with the preparation which they were making for the work of the Peace Conference established a special section whose duty… -
Image 10 of British New Guinea (Papua) It must be understood that although the series of volumes was prepared under the authority and is now issued with the sanction of the Foreign Office that Office is not to be… -
Image 11 of British New Guinea (Papua) No 88 I British New Guinea J la TABLE OF CONTENTS I GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL 1 Position and Area 2 Surface Coasts Rivers and Islands Surface Coasts Rivers Islands 3 Climate… -
Image 12 of British New Guinea (Papua) TABLE OF CONTENTS no ss PAGE IY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS A Means of Communication 1 Internal 26 a Roads and Tracks 26 b Rivers 28 c Transport 29 d Proposed Railway 30 e… -
Image 13 of British New Guinea (Papua) uinea TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE D Finance a Public Finance 57 b Currency 57 e Banking 58 E Future Possibilities 58 APPENDIX Treaty I Arrangement between Great Britain and Germany 51 Treaty… -
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Image 15 of British New Guinea (Papua) No 88 BritishiNew GuineaJ I GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL 1 Position and Area The territory of Papua or British New Guinea comprises the southeastern part of the island of New Guinea together… -
Image 16 of British New Guinea (Papua) 2 GEOGRAPHY No 88 parts of this range have been explored The loftiest peaks in Papua are situated in the middle region of the southeast where it is called the Owen Stanley… -
Image 17 of British New Guinea (Papua) Guinea COASTS RIVERS c 3 the south coast during the prevalence of the trade winds and makes anchorage safe and landing easy in the numerous bays The other coasts of the mainland… -
Image 18 of British New Guinea (Papua) 4 GEOGRAPHY This group includes the small but important Samarai oir Dinner Island about 60 acres in area and rising to a height of 155 ft Sariba or Hayter some what larger… -
Image 19 of British New Guinea (Papua) British New Guinea ISLANDS 5 bordered by reefs have no anchorage Kitava Kaileuna and Vakuta are smaller islands All are well watered and have a fertile though shallow soil The Lusancay Islands… -
Image 20 of British New Guinea (Papua) 6 GEOGRAPHY No 88 is difficult on account of reefs and currents The anchorages are poor The Duperre Islands are five small coral islets on an atoll reef west of the Calvados… -
Image 21 of British New Guinea (Papua) Guinea CLIMATE HEALTH 7 3 Climate The climate is hot and moist during the greater part of the year The warmest period is from December to March with a mean temperature at… -
Image 22 of British New Guinea (Papua) 8 GEOGRAPHY No 88 in the health of the white and native population Samarai and Port Moresby are now comparatively healthy The Gulf of Papua has a bad reputation which it probably… -
Image 23 of British New Guinea (Papua) New Guinea HEALTH RACE AND LANGUAGE 9 possibly be related to the natives of Australia The Melanesians are supposed to have entered New Guinea on the northeast from the Bismarck Archipelago and… -
Image 24 of British New Guinea (Papua) 10 GEOGRAPHY No 88 6 Population 1 Numbers The native population is estimated to number 250000 to 350000 Only in a few small districts has there been a census The Trobriand Islands… -
Image 25 of British New Guinea (Papua) British N ew Guinea POPULATION 11 Movement In the few districts for which it is possible to get accurate figures the population seems to be increasing Thus in the Trobriand district in… -
Image 26 of British New Guinea (Papua) II POLITICAL HISTORY Chronological Summary 1511 Portuguese discover New Guinea L700 Dampier discovers New Britain 1768 Bougainville reaches south coast of New Guinea 1770 Cook surveys Torres Strait 1793 East India traders… -
Image 27 of British New Guinea (Papua) British New Guinea DISCOVERY 13 Britain The great voyages of French and English navigators into the Pacific in the later eighteenth century when Bougainville reached the south coast of New Guinea 1768… -
Image 28 of British New Guinea (Papua) 14 HISTORY no ss The difficulties to which the French convict station in New Caledonia gave rise emphasized in their minds the undesirability of foreign neighbours National feeling trade interests the peace… -
Image 29 of British New Guinea (Papua) Guinea AUSTRALIAN INTEREST 16 Port Moresby and provisionally annexed the larger islands off the extreme eastern point of the mainland 1 This action received no recognition but was soon followed by a… -
Image 30 of British New Guinea (Papua) HISTORY 16 No 88 January 1883 Lord Derby stated definitely that the Government would not reopen the question In Australia however the event stimulated anew the feeling in favour of annexation which… -
Image 31 of British New Guinea (Papua) New Guinea PROTECTORATE ESTABLISHED L7 August 1884 the German Government expressed the view that while Great Britains interests were para mount on the southern shore there was room for German colonization on… -
Image 32 of British New Guinea (Papua) 18 HISTORY No 88 Governments of France and Germany displayed on behalf of their subjects Their strongest feeling was directed against the French criminal establishment which caused the most immediate inconvenience But… -
Image 33 of British New Guinea (Papua) NGuinea SCRATCHLEY AND MACGREGOR 19 in 188384 had alienated the natives and rendered his preliminary inspection more troublesome His short term of office was mainly devoted to a study of the conditions… -
Image 34 of British New Guinea (Papua) 20 HISTORY No 88 Government in securing their confidence and furthering their moral and material progress The chances were not unfavourable New Guinea was relatively un touched by W estern influences and… -
Image 35 of British New Guinea (Papua) NewGuinea MACGREGORS ADMINISTRATION 21 it follows between the two points where the river crosses the meridian so that divided jurisdiction over the river might be avoided it then follows the meridian to… -
Image 36 of British New Guinea (Papua) No 88 HI SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS 1 Religious Before the coming of Christian missionaries none of the great historic religions appears to have penetrated Papua where the religious beliefs of the… -
Image 37 of British New Guinea (Papua) British New GuineaJ RELIGIOUS POLITICAL 23 activity with the disruption of the older social order that is going on and regards it as to some extent a reaction against the incoming European… -
Image 38 of British New Guinea (Papua) 24 PRESENT CONDITIONS 88 resident magistrate The greater part of the revenue is derived from the Customs receipts and an annual grant by the Commonwealth the amount of which was firstf20000 but… -
Image 39 of British New Guinea (Papua) NewGuinea EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL 25 the chief influences which the new conditions have brought to bear on native life Experienceseems toshow that the natives can profit by the European training and discipline… -
Image 40 of British New Guinea (Papua) IV ECONOMIC CONDITIONS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION 1 Internal a Roads and Tracks The natural features of Papua are in a marked degree inimical to communication by land and the difficulties of…
About this Item
Title
- British New Guinea (Papua)
Names
- Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section.
Created / Published
- London, H.M. Stationery off., 1920.
Headings
- - Great Britain--Foreign relations--Netherlands
- - Netherlands--Foreign relations--Great Britain
- - Papua. [from old catalog]
Notes
- - Appendix (p. 61-62): Treaty I. Arrangement between Great Britain and Germany relative to their respective spheres of action in portions of New Guinea.--Treaty II. Convention between Great Britain and the Netherlands defining the boundaries between the British and Netherlands possessions in the island of New Guinea."
- - "Authorities": p. 67-69.
Medium
- 4 p. l., 69 p. incl. tables. 22 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- DU740 .A25
- D6 .G7 no. 88 Copy 2.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- a22000945
Online Format
- image
- online text