CO881/4 Confidential Print No. 39 - 56 - on proposed annexation of Fiji and New Guinea by Great Britain. Australia No. 45, 'Correspondence with Sir H Robinson, KCMG, respecting the cession of Fiji'. In continuation of Australian No 41, January 1875, CO 881/4/3. (50 pages)
03/10/1874 - 30/12/1874
The volume, dated Jan 1875, records correspondence between Sir Hercules Robinson and the Earl of Carnarvon, on matters related to Fiji shortly after its annexation by the British on Sep 30 1874. In particular, situation significant after the Chiefs had signed the instrument of cession, Sir H. Robinson then publicly declared Fiji to be 'from that time forth a Possession and Dependency of the British Crown', and 'the Fijian flag was then hauled down, and the Royal Standard hoisted in its stead'.
CO881/4/8
NAB 104
English
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