Across Papua Being an Account of a Voyage Round, and a March Across, the Territory of Papua, With, the Royal Commission (Classic Reprint)
(A vnsTG always felt a deep interest in the dark races, I ...)
A vnsTG always felt a deep interest in the dark races, I was naturally anxious to visit Papua, and eventually my opportunity came in a manner totally unexpected and by a path hedged with responsibility; the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth Government asking me to accept the position of Chairman of a Royal Commission brought into being (to quote the letters patent) to inquire into and report upon the present conditions, including the methods of Government, of the territory now known as British New Guinea, and the best means for their improvement. My colleagues, under either of whom I take this opportunity of stating I would have considered it an honour to serve, were William Edward ParryO keden, Esq., I.S.O., a gentleman who had held high official positions, including that of Chief Commissioner of Police in Queensland, and who, in addition to a matured departmental knowledge, had long and intimate experience both of our native races and the Kanaka problem, and Charles Edward Herbert, Esq.
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