Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1906 – 1911 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The first census in Samoa was undertaken in 1900-01 but no returns are known to have survived. Only one volume survives for the 1906 census and three volumes for the 1911 census. Details given include name, gender, adults, children and religion. One census return in Fristoe's list (for Savaii-Fagamalo ma Palauli 30 September 1911) was not found at the time of arrangement and description.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All items found were retained.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Archives New Zealand >> Management of the Samoa Protectorate
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
1906 return is a large soft covered volume in a poor state of repair. 1911 returns are sewn into signatures and bound together into area groups and are in a fair, though slightly fragile condition. Mostly Samoan language.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Archives New Zealand, Head Office, Wellington
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Original description: Archway (Archives New Zealand)