French possessions in Oceania

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Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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JAFp GEN FRE
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London, H.M. Stationery Off., 1920
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FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN OCEANIA 145 1
FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN OCEANIA 3
EDITORIAL NOTE 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS 6
I. GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL 11
(2) SURFACE, COASTS, AND RIVERS Surface 12
NEW CALEDONIA AND DEPENDENCIES NEW CALEDONIA (1) POSITION 12
Coasts 13
(3) CLIMATE 14
(4) SANITARY CONDITIONS 14
(5) RACE AND LANGUAGE 15
(6) POPULATION 15
LOYALTY ISLANDS 16
HOORN AND WALLIS ISLANDS 17
GLIPPERTON ISLAND 18
(2) POPULATION 19
FRENCH SETTLEMENTS IN OCEANIA (1) RACE AND LANGUAGE 19
(2) SURFACE AND COASTS Surface 20
SOCIETY ISLANDS (1) POSITOIN 20
(3) CLIMATE 21
(4) SANITAEY CONDITIONS 21
(5) POPULATION 21
TUBUAI ISLANDS 22
TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO 23
GAMBIER ISLANDS (OR MANGAREVA) 24
II & III. POLITICAL HISTORY AND SOCIAL & POLITICAL CONDITIONS CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY 27
NEW CALEDONIA AND DEPENDENCIES II. POLITICAL HISTORY (1) Discovery and Annexation 27
(2) Economic Progress 28
(2) Political 29
III. SOCIAL AND POLITIAL CONDITIONS (1) Religious 29
(3) Educational 30
(2) Early History 31
FRENCH SETTLEMENTS IN OCEANIA II. POLITICAL HISTOBY (1) Extent 31
(3) French Intervention 32
(4) The Pritchard Case 33
(5) The Leeward Group 34
III. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS 35
IV. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS Introductory Note 37
(2) Rivers 38
(3) Railways 38
NEW CALEDONIA AND DEPENDENCIES NEW CALEDONIA (A) MEANS OF COMMUNICATION (1) Roads 38
(4) Telegraph and Telephone 39
(5) Ports 39
(6) Shipping 40
(2) AGEICULTURE (a) Products of Commercial Value 41
(7) Gable and Wireless Communication 41
(B) INDUSTRY (1) LABOUR 41
(b) Cultivation and Irrigation 43
(c) Forestry 43
(3) FISHERIES 44
(4) MINERALS 44
(d) Land Tenure 44
(5) MANUFACTURES 46
(6) POWER 46
(2) Exports and Imports 47
(C) COMMERCE (1) Organizations to promote Trade and Commerce 47
(3) Customs and Tariffs 48
(2) CurreTncy and Banking 49
(D) FINANCE (1) Public Finance 49
LOYALTY ISLANDS (A) MEANS OF COMMUNICATION (1) Roads 49
(2) Anchorages 50
(B) AGEICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES 50
HOORN AND WALLIS ISLANDS (A) MEANS OF COMMUNICATION 50
(B) AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES 51
CLIPPERTON ISLAND 51
(2) Ports 52
FRENCH SETTLEMENTS IN OCEANIA SOCIETY ISLANDS (A) MEANS OF COMMUNICATION (1) Roads 52
(3) Shipping Lines 53
(4) Wireless Communication 54
(B) INDUSTRY (I) LABOUR 54
(2) AGRICULTURE (a) Products of Commercial Value 55
(C) COMMERCE 56
(c) Forestry 56
(c) Land Tenure 56
(3) Customs and Tariffs 57
(D) FINANCE (1) Public Finance. 57
(2) Currency and Banking 58
(3) Influence of Foreign Capital 58
TUBUAI ISLANDS (A) MEANS OF COMMUNICATION Ports 59
(B) AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES 60
TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO (A) MEANS OP COMMUNICATION (1) Ports 61
(2) Shipping Lines 62
(B) AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES 62
(2) Ports 64
(3) Shipping Lines 64
GAMBIER ISLANDS (OR MANGAREVA) (A) MEANS OF COMMUNICATION (1) Roads 64
(2) Ports 65
(B) AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES 65
MARQUESAS ISLANDS (A) MEANS OF COMMUNICATION (1) Roads 65
(3) Shipping Lines 66
(B) AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES 66
GENERAL REMARKS 67
APPENDIX NEW CALEDONIA 70
FRENCH SETTLEMENTS IN OCEANIA 73
AUTHORITIES 76

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