Report of the Commission appointed to Inquire into the Decrease of the Native Population, with appendices.

  • Fiji. Commission appointed to Inquire into the Decrease of the Native Population.
Date:
1896
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Credit: Report of the Commission appointed to Inquire into the Decrease of the Native Population, with appendices. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    T (Commtsston. By His Excellency Henry Spencer Berkeley, Esquire, Officer Administering the Government of, and Commander-in-Chief in and over, the Colony of Fiji. [L.S.] H. S. BERKELEY. To The Honourable Bolton Gla.nvill Corney, Chief Medical Officer. James Stewart, Esquire, Assistant Colonial Secretary. Basil Home Thomson, Esquire, Assistant Native Commissioner. By virtue of the powers and authority in me vested by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, I do hereby constitute and appoint you the said Bolton Glanvill Corney, James Stewart, and Basil Home Thomson, to be a Com- mission to inquire into and report to me upon the causes suggested for the Decrease in the Native Population and the remedies proposed for checking such decrease in the replies to the Colonial Secretary's Circular of 30th December, 1891, and generally to report upon the causes which in the opinion of the Commission have led and still lead to a decrease of the Native population, and what remedies can be applied to check the decrease. Given at Suva this sixteenth day of March, a.d. 1893. By Command, JAMES STEWART, Assistant Colonial Secretary. 0