BSIP File Q/1. Special Lands Commission quarterly and final reports. Outline of a brief; ‘A Note on Native Custom in respect to the tenure of Trees and Forests’; text of speech; report of investigations in the Western Solomons, 30 Sep 1953; report (Ysabel) to 31 Dec 1953; report (Central District) to 31 Mar 1954; Report on Crown and Native land lease policy, 31 May 1954, Ts., 77pp.
BSIP. File G/1. Correspondence of the Solomons Islands Special Lands Commissioner, C.H. Allan; 38 items, including a Kieta language wordlist and letter written in Roviana language, 30 Jun 1954, Ts. & Ms.
Special Lands Commissioner: Diary. Ts.
Special Lands Commission, Questionnaire, Ts., 5pp.
Special Lands Commission. Morovo: draft report, Ts.,16pp.
Special Lands Commission. Roviana: draft report, Ts., 47pp. Together with notes on land tenure in Roviana, Rendova and Nduke areas, Ms., 26pp.; Notes on the Religious and Political Situation in the Western Solomons, 22 Jan 1957, Ts., 3pp.; High Court of Solomon Islands, Customary Land Appeal, Case No.2 of 1980, Ian Talasasa and Willie Paia & Operti Bisili, Judgement, Ts., 11pp.; High Court of the Western Pacific, Native Land Appeal No.9 of 1971, Jacob Zinihite and Edwin Biku, Judgement, Ts., p/c, 5pp.; Genealogical table of the Roviana Clans called Zare, Vanoro and Kidu, Ms.; extracts from published articles by Goldie, Woodford, Williamson and Somerville pertinent to the New Georgia area, Ts., c.40pp.
Special Lands Commission. Roviana: draft report, Ts., 47pp. Together with notes on land tenure in Roviana, Rendova and Nduke areas, Ms., 26pp.; Notes on the Religious and Political Situation in the Western Solomons, 22 Jan 1957, Ts., 3pp.; High Court of Solomon Islands, Customary Land Appeal, Case No.2 of 1980, Ian Talasasa and Willie Paia & Operti Bisili, Judgement, Ts., 11pp.; High Court of the Western Pacific, Native Land Appeal No.9 of 1971, Jacob Zinihite and Edwin Biku, Judgement, Ts., p/c, 5pp.; Genealogical table of the Roviana Clans called Zare, Vanoro and Kidu, Ms.; extracts from published articles by Goldie, Woodford, Williamson and Somerville pertinent to the New Georgia area, Ts., c.40pp.
Special Lands Commission. Santa Cruz / San Christoval / Makira: draft report, Ts., 3 drafts, paras 1-130 (2 copies) and paras 1-113. Together with: notes on the Alu language of Mono and genealogy of Porese, Chief of the Mono, Ms., 1p.; further notes on Utoca of Mukumba, on feather and shell money, on Nuer (dance circle), and on Naquave, club house of the secret society of Utupua, Ms., 6pp.; Brown Wewo (alias Bartholomew), President of the Vanikoro Native Court, ‘Vanikoro Native Customs- Ownership of Lands, etc.’, 11 Feb 1957, Ts., 8pp.; Acting DC Santa Cruz, replies to questions on native land customs, Ts., 9pp., 29 Sep 1933; further replies to questionnaire re native land customs, Ts., 2pp., 10 Jan 1957; five maps of Santa Cruz (Ndeni) Island, Matema or Swallow Group, Duff or Wilson Group, Utupua and Vanikoro Island.
Special Lands Commission. Santa Cruz / San Christoval / Makira: draft report, Ts., 3 drafts, paras 1-130 (2 copies) and paras 1-113. Together with: notes on the Alu language of Mono and genealogy of Porese, Chief of the Mono, Ms., 1p.; further notes on Utoca of Mukumba, on feather and shell money, on Nuer (dance circle), and on Naquave, club house of the secret society of Utupua, Ms., 6pp.; Brown Wewo (alias Bartholomew), President of the Vanikoro Native Court, ‘Vanikoro Native Customs- Ownership of Lands, etc.’, 11 Feb 1957, Ts., 8pp.; Acting DC Santa Cruz, replies to questions on native land customs, Ts., 9pp., 29 Sep 1933; further replies to questionnaire re native land customs, Ts., 2pp., 10 Jan 1957; five maps of Santa Cruz (Ndeni) Island, Matema or Swallow Group, Duff or Wilson Group, Utupua and Vanikoro Island.
