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Extract from report of
Commander Nares (HMS Reindeer)
to Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station
(December 7, 1869)

      The oldest person is Elizabeth Young, a daughter of Mills of the "Bounty" aged about 80. Mr. Buffett who went to the island from England about 1828 as schoolmaster is on a visit from Norfolk Island to see his relations.

      The Government is carried on by a Magistrate and two Councillors who are elected on the 1st January every year, all questions are settled by them but appeal may be made to the Captain of the next Man of War

visiting the Island, whose decision is final. The present Magistrate is Moses Young, and the Schoolmaster and person who officiates as Clergyman, Simon Young.

      All trading transactions go through the Magistrate who after consultation, allots the proportion of vegetables &c. that each family is to provide and I think all presents of any kind should be made through the Magistrate for the good of the Community.

      Pagination of the original autograph has been maintained.

      Rear Admiral Arthur Farquhar (1815 – 1908) was Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Station November 1, 1869 until July 9, 1872. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.

      Commander Edward Nares (1828-1879) was a Royal Navy officer
who commanded H.M.S. Reindeer from its commissioning at Chatham on October 30, 1866 until its being paid off at Portsmouth on February 15,1871.

Document no. 81. December 7, 1869. "Extract from report of Commander Nares (HMS Reindeer) to Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station". Pages 1442 to 1445.

Pitcairn's Island  Notes  Source  Whalesite