Annual Report on British New Guinea from 1st July 1889 to 30th June 1890; with Appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command.

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Brisbane: James C. Beal 1890. F'scap folio. Stapled and sewn as issued. (168pp.). With 3 full-page litho. plates of which 2 depict native drawings and 5 large folding maps. NOTE: A most important report on the results of visits to various New Guinea districts culminating in recording native dialects vocabularies and languages used by the natives of the areas visited. Pp. 117-167 of the report record the language component of the report. Rare.