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It is assumed that papers in this series would normally have been filed in series 6051 except for the interruption of the invasion by New Zealand troops on 29 August 1914. The papers deal with the Governor's correspondence with Samoan residents after the outbreak of war in 1914 until the takeover by New Zealand troops.

Item AGCA 0598 also contains a list of "old system" files and is indexed. Item AGCA 0599 appears to be lists of files which were in existence at the time of compilation. These items formed the basis for the lists of files in series 6050, 6051 and 6073. In 1955 the German Consul's archives were discovered in Apia with the records of the German Colonial Administration. These were removed and transferred to the National Archives of New Zealand for extensive conservation work and microfilming. The decision was made to document the German-Samoan agencies and record series as if they had transferred the records in 1914 - which is why the Executive Council of Western Samoa, although the 'true' transferring agency, is not fully documented.

This register details the decisions made relating to Land cases. Cases are given a running decision number and cross-referenced to Land files (L.K. references). Keeping of Register detailed in the instructions on procedure of the Land

These documents were grouped together - they relate to port matters and port changes.