BSI—58 Years A British Protectorate

British Protectorate

Prom Our Own Correspondent HONIARA, BSI, October 7.

A HOLIDAY here yesterday marked the anniversary of Proclamation Day of the Protectorate, 56 years ago.

In 1893 a British Protectorate was pro claimed over the Southern Solomons—.

Guadalcanal, Savo, Malaita, San Cristo val and the New Georgia group. In 1898 and 1899 the Protectorate was ex tended to include the islands of the Santa Cruz group, including Vanikoro, and to the Polynesian islands. The fol lowing year Ysabel,, Choiseul, the islands of the Bougainville straits south and south-east of the main island of Bougainville, as well as Lord Howe atoll became part of the Protectorate.