03130ntc a22002177i 4500001000700000008004100007040002600048100002800074245025100102264001400353300003300367336002100400337002300421338003200444500002300476506002800499533007700527540007900604545187800683856035102561138511190328k19781983xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aAllan, Colind1921-199310aC.H. Allan, “The Transfer of Power: Ministerialization in Island Countries” (lectures for Auckland University), Ts., 27pp. annotated; together with chart of “Seychelles Government Proposed Organisation”, Aug 1974, and some correspondence.  c1978-1983  aReel 1, item 18. Digital PDF  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 1189-018  aAvailable for reference  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2019  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php0 aBorn in Wellington, New Zealand, 23 October 1921, Sir Colin took a BA (1943) and MA (1945) at Canterbury University and a Diploma in Anthropology at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served with the NZ army (1942-44) and with the British Solomon Islands Defence Force (1945). Sir Colin was appointed in 1945 as an Administrative Cadet in the British Colonial Service and spent a brief training period in the Western District of Fiji. Transferred to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP), he served first as District Officer Nggela, Western Solomons, then D.O. and District Commissioner Western (1946-1948), D.O. Choiseul and Ysabel (1948), D.O. Malu`u (1949) and finally District Commissioner Malaita (1950-1952) at the time of the Maasina Rule (also Maasina Ruru or Marching Rule). He was appointed by the High Commissioner of the Western Pacific to be Special Lands Commissioner on 10 July 1953. In 1954 Sir Colin was seconded to the Western Pacific High Commission Secretariat as Senior Assistant Secretary, Finance and Development. Here Sir Colin completed the report of the Solomon Islands Special Lands Commission on 17 June 1957. He served as Secretary of the BSIP Agriculture and Industrial Affairs Board (1956-57), Chaired the BSIP Copra Marketing Board (1957-58) and represented the UK on the South Pacific Commission Research Council (1958). In 1959 Sir Colin transferred to Port Vila where he was appointed Assistant British Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides Condominium (1959-66) and then Resident Commissioner (1966-73). Sir Colin was appointed Governor and Commander in Chief of the Seychelles (1973-76) and then Governor of the Solomon Islands (1976-1978) at the time of their independence. He was the last High Commissioner of the Western Pacific. Sir Colin was knighted in 1977 and retired in 1978. He died in New Zealand on 5 March 1993.41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/c-h-allan-the-transfer-of-power-ministerialization-in-island-countries-lectures-for-auckland-university-ts-27pp-annotated-together-with-chart-of-seychelles-government-proposed-organisation-aug-1974-and-some-correspondencezView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.