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Excerpt from Midst Volcanic Fires: An Account of Missionary Tours, Among the Volcanic Islands of the New Hebrides
The past generation knew of the New Hebrides Islands through the life and labours of the sainted john G. Paton. The present generation is aware of their existence mainly by reason of the novel form of Government that is in operation - the New Hebrides Condominium, or system of Dual Govern ment by which Great Britain and France jointly attempt to administer the islands. Established in 1906, it was an attempt to settle the vexatious dis putes between the rival claimants for the ownership of the islands. It made provision for the establish ment of a system of dual control whereby every service is duplicated - two resident commissioners, British and French; two sets of officials, British and French two coinages, British and French, with one of them undergoing, during recent years, heavy depreciation, producing endless confusion; two codes of law, English and French, with a Spanish judge as president of the joint court. During its sixteen years of existence the Condominium hasw proved a hopeless experiment, failure inevitably arising from the impossibility of harmonising the British and French ideals in regard to the treatment of native races.
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The past generation knew of the New Hebrides Islands through the life and labours of the sainted john G. Paton. The present generation is aware of their existence mainly by reason of the novel form of Government that is in operation - the New Hebrides Condominium, or system of Dual Govern ment by which Great Britain and France jointly attempt to administer the islands. Established in 1906, it was an attempt to settle the vexatious dis putes between the rival claimants for the ownership of the islands. It made provision for the establish ment of a system of dual control whereby every service is duplicated - two resident commissioners, British and French; two sets of officials, British and French two coinages, British and French, with one of them undergoing, during recent years, heavy depreciation, producing endless confusion; two codes of law, English and French, with a Spanish judge as president of the joint court. During its sixteen years of existence the Condominium hasw proved a hopeless experiment, failure inevitably arising from the impossibility of harmonising the British and French ideals in regard to the treatment of native races.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Maurice Frater
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ISBN - 9780266451303
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 304
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Maurice Frater
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ISBN - 9781331803119
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 306
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