The island’s

Pitcairn Islands

The island’s administration

By Mala Jagmohan

The Governor of Pitcairn says Britian would not shrug off its responsibility as colonial ruler because of costs involved in administering the island.

David Moss, who is Britain’s High Commissioner in new Zealand, said Britain made absolutely nothing from Pitcairn but it would never be independent and no other state was interested in taking over its administration.

Pitcairn’s 80 people are the descendants of nine mutineers, six Polynesian men and 12 Polynesian women who landed there in 1790 before burning their ship, Bounty. ***