Annual report on British New Guinea

Creator
British New Guinea. Administrator
Call Number
NK5896
Created/Published
Brisbane : Govt Printer , 1888-1906
Issue
1st July, 1893 to 30th June, 1894
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AIN'IN’XJ.A.Xj report ON BRITISH NEW GUINEA FEOM Ist JULY, 1893, TO 30th JUNE, 1894, ' i ' * WITH APPENDICES. 1
INDEX. 2 , 3
BRITISH NEW GUINEA. 4 , 5
NATIVE REGULATIONS. 5 , 6
ADMINISTRATION OE JUSTICE. 6 , 7
Civil Business. 8
COURTS OP PETTY SESSIONS. Indictable Offences Jurisdiction. 8
Summary Offences Jurisdiction. 8
Civil Jurisdiction. 8
NATIVE MAGISTRATES’ COURTS. Criminal Jurisdiction—(Forbidden Acts). 9
Total Number of Criminal Proceedings. 9 , 10 , 11
ADMINISTRATIVE VISITS OE INSPECTION. 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18
REPORTS BY OEEIOERS. 18 , 19
NATIVE LAND TENURE. 19 , 20
THE TABU. 20
NATIVE DIALECTS. 21
ESTABLISHMENTS. 21
PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PUBLIC WORKS. 21 , 22
TRADE. 22
EXPOETS. 23
SHIPPING-. 24
POSTAL. 24
FINANCE. REVENUE. 24
EXPENDITURE 24
S.S. “MERRIE ENGLAND.” 24
PRISONS. 25
MISSION WORK. 25 , 26 , 27
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 27
METEOEOLOGY. 28
GENEEAL. 28 , 29 , 30
APPENDICES. 32
APPENDIX A. DESPATCH REPORTING INSPECTION OE THE NORTH-EAST COAST OE THE POSSESSION. 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39
APPENDIX B. DESPATCH REPORTING VISIT TO EASTERN END OE THE POSSESSION 39 , 40 , 41 , 42
APPENDIX C. DESPATCH REPORTING VISIT OE INSPECTION OF VARIOUS PLACES IN THE EAST END OE THE POSSESSION. 43 , 44 , 45 , 46
APPENDIX D. DESPATCH REPORTING VISIT TO THE D’ENTRECASTEAUX AND NEIGHBOURING ISLANDS. 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52
APPENDIX E. DESPATCH REPORTING VISIT OF INSPECTION TO THE PURARI RIVER DISTRICT. 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60
APPENDIX F. DESPATCH EEPOETING- VISIT OF INSPECTION TO THE NOETH-EAST COAST. 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68
[Enclosure to Despatch No. 19.1 68
APPENDIX G. DESPATCH EEPOETING VISIT TO BASTEEN END OE THE POSSESSION. 69 , 70 , 71
APPENDIX H. DESPATCH REPORTING VISIT TO CERTAIN TRIBES ON SOUTH COAST OF MAINLAND, NEAR TABLE BAY. 71 , 72 , 73
APPENDIX I. DESPATCH EEPOETINO VISIT OF INSPECTION TO THE MEKEO DISTEICT. 74 , 75
APPENDIX J. DESPATCH SUBMITTING ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOE YEAR ENDING 30th JUNE, 1891. * 75 , 76 , 77
Civil List 77
Other Salaries 77
Atessels and Boats. 77 , 78
Summary. 78
APPENDIX K. DESPATCH SUBMITTING ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE TEAR ENDING 30th JUNE, 1895. 79
The Civil List Salaries. 79 , 80
Estimates of Expenditure, 1894-95. 81
APPENDIX L. REPORT OP THE RESIDENT MAGISTRATE FOR THE WESTERN DIVISION. 81 , 82 , 83 , 84
APPENDIX A. 84
APPENDIX B. Cases under Native Regulations. CIVIL CLAIMS. 85
APPENDIX C. Indictable Offences. 85
APPENDIX D. Summary Jurisdiction. 85
APPENDIX E. 85 , 86
APPENDIX M. REPORT OE THE RESIDENT MAGISTRATE FOR THE CENTRAL DIVISION. 87 , 88 , 89
APPENDIX N. i EEPOET OF THE GOYEENMENT AG-ENT FOE THE MEKEO DISTEICT. 89 , 90 , 91
APPENDIX O. REPOET OF THE RESIDENT MAGISTRATE FOR THE LOXJISIADES DIVISION. 91 , 92
APPENDIX P. EEPOET OE THE GOYEENMENT AGENT EOE THE EIGO DISTEICT 92 , 93 , 94
NATIVE LAND TENURE. 94 , 95 , 96
Domestic, 97 , 98 , 99 , 100
APPENDIX Q. REPOET UPON THE PRISONS OF THE POSSESSION. 100 , 101
APPENDIX E. EEPORT ON THE PEOGEESS OF THE WORK OF SWAMP RECLAMATION AT SAMARAI 101 , 102
APPENDIX S. REPORT BY R. J. KENNEDY, ESQUIRE, ON THE EASTERN DIVISION. 102 , 103
APPENDIX T. NOTE ON THE CUSTOM OP TABU AS APPLIED BY THE NATIVES OF HOOD PENINSULA. 104
APPENDIX U. DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT, BY DAVID L. WHITE, ESQUIRE, OE THE CUSTOMS, Etc., OP THE NATIVES OP SUDEST ISLAND. 104 , 105 , 106 , 107
APPENDIX Y. NOTES BY THE REVEREND COPLAND KING- ON TABU IN WEDAU AND WAMIRA, BARTLE BAY, BRITISH NEW GUINEA. 107 , 108
APPENDIX W. NOTE ON THE TABU AT DOBU, BY TEE REY. W. BROMILOW. 109
APPENDIX X. REPORT BY R. E. G-UISE, ESQUIRE, ON THE EXPEDITION DESPATCHED FROM COLLINOWOOD BAY TO THE MAIN RANGE. 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118
APPENDIX Y. REPORT BY HON. M. H. MORETON UPON EXPEDITION UNDERTAKEN TO eet?i?pt ARREST OP CERTAIN MURDERERS BELONGING TO THE BBEI TMBE 118 , 119
APPENDIX Z. METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS FURNISHED BY ME. C. ERNST KENNEDY, OF THE ANGLICAN MISSION. DOGUEA, BAKTLE BAY, BRITISH NEW GUINEA. 119 , 120
APPENDIX AA. NOTES ON BOTANICAL COLLECTIONS BY BARON SIR PEED IN AND YON MUELLER K.C.M.G., E.E.S., M.D., LL.D., &c. 120 , 121
APPENDIX 88. DEPORTS BY MESSES, E. L. JACK AND W. H. RANDS ON GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131
APPENDIX CC. REPORT BY RESIDENT MAGISTRATE EOR EASTERN DIVISION ON NATIVE LAND TENURE, CUSTOMS, &o. 132 , 133
APPENDIX DD. EEPOET ON ETHNOLOGICAL SPECIMENS COLLECTED IN BEITISH NEW GUINEA. 133 , 134
APPENDIX EE. REPORT ON ORNITHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS COLLECTED IN BRITISH NEW GUINEA. 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 139 , 140
APPENDIX FP. EE PORT ON MOLLUSCA COLLECTED IN LETTISH NEW GUINEA DUEING 1893-4. 140
APPENDIX GG. NATIVE DIALECTS. 141 , 142
VOCABULARY OF THE KABADI DIALECT, BRITISH NEW GUINEA 142 , 143 , 144 , 145 , 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151
ABORIGINAL VOCABULARY OF YELA (ROSSEL ISLAND). 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155
ABORIGINAL VOCABULARY OF MAIPUA, SPOKEN ON THE PURARI DELTA. 155 , 156 , 157
APPENDIX HH. REPORT OF THE RESIDENT MAGISTRATE FOR THE EASTERN DIVISION. 157 , 158 , 159 , 160
APPENDIX 11. « FURTHER NOTES ON BOTANICAL COLLECTIONS BY BARON SIR FERDINAND YON MUELLER, K.C.M.Gr., M. & Ph. D., LL.D., F.R.S. 160 , 161 , 162
APPENDIX JJ. % REPORT ON METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN IN BRITISH NEW GUINEA, BT CLEMENT L. WRAGGE, E.R.G.8., E.R. MET. SOC., Ac., GOVERNMENT METEOROLOGIST OF QUEENSLAND. 162 , 163
APPENDIX KK. BRITISH NEW GUINEA. STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE, 1894. REVENUE. 164
EXPENDITURE. 164 , 165
CERTIFICATE OF AUDIT. 166
APPENDIX LL. 167 , 168
APPENDIX LL—continued. 169
APPENDIX LL—continued. 170 , 171
APPENDIX MM. MAPS. 171

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