British New Guinea

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Excerpt from British New Guinea: Country and PeoplePart of this memoir was read at the Royal Geographical Society, February 25, 1895. Map, p. 100.Netherlands, the Germans possess some square miles of it on the north-east, and the remainder, the south-east portion, amounting to nearly square miles, is British territory.The colony now called British New Guinea was formally annexed to the Queen's dominions by the first administrator on September 4, 1888. This deliberate act of her Majesty's government was the Official consummation Of the efforts and wishes Of many Officers and subjects Of the empire, who had seen clearly that it was desirable and necessary that at least part of that country should be added to the realm.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.