This series is the main set of administrative files generated by the Imperial German Samoan Government. This series, Registered Files (New System) is the main set of administrative files generated by the Imperial German Samoan Government, covering all areas of German governance of Samoa between 1900 and 1914. The files are mainly in German, though there are many documents in Samoan and English. The early documents tend to be handwritten, while official documents dated after 1903 are usually typed. The records cover all aspects of Government administration, however, large numbers of records were removed soon after the outbreak of WWI to establish Government departmental records under an Allied administration. As a result, there are very few records in this series concerning Land and Titles, Public Works, Health, Births, Deaths and Marriages and Education. It is believed that these files may still be held by various Government Departments in Samoa. The ‘Old’ Series, started in 1900, was replaced by the ‘New’ Series in about 1903 - 1904; however many of the files were carried forward and top-numbered into the new series. Following the British Military Occupation of Samoa in 1914, the records listed in this series were divided and are now held in two separate collections, one at Archives New Zealand’s Head Office in Wellington, and at the Samoan Archives, housed in the O.F. Nelson Library in Apia, Samoa.