GENERAL BARTLETT'S COMMISSION.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 78, 29 March 1879, Page 2

GENERAL BARTLETT'S COMMISSION.

Wo have been favoured with the following copy of General Bartlett's commission, and its translation:— Ix; Malo atoa o Samoa. la General J. J. Bartlctt, ole alii o lo Unaite Seteto o Amerika. Alofaina. la iloaina ia tuuina atu le faalagolago sili ma lc faalagolago i lau faamaoni, ma le loto tele, ma lou lelei atoa ina lou tausi mai i lc Malo atoa o Samoa. O lenei tut fuia ma totia oe e to faasaga i lou faiva o le faatonu tulafouo ma le aoao aeinaise o i ai isi faatonuga e te faia, ia tatmi ma le Malo o Samoa pe a faatonuina atu e Taimua ma Faipolc. 0 oe ua tuuina atu e te faasaga lelei ma faia ia lelei galuega o lou tofiga ole faatonu tulafonc ma le aoao e faia i le tonu ia tea le fefe ma le faamalumalu ia tausi le Faavae ma Tulafono ole Malo atoa o Samoa ma ni Tulafono nci ma ni Tulafono lumanai e faia o ua tofia. Ole tofiga nei ia faia lava i lou malosi sei suia i le fna lo Tulafono. Ua tuuina nei o matou lima male foailoga telo o lo Malo atoa i Mulinuu i lo aso o sofulu ma le fa o Fepuali i le tausaga ole Alii tasi le afe ma lo valu o solau ma le Mi u gafulu ma lc iva. Faia i le pule a Taimua ma Faipule, (F.) 11. K. i.k Mamka, Fuilautusi Samoa. Translation The cntiro Government of Samoa to General J, J. Bartlott, a gentleman of tho U. S. of America. Greeting. Let it be known that there is placed in you the highest trust, trust in your courage and faithfulness and your entire gaodllMl, and your care over nil the Go-: vuinitieiit of Samoa, Therefore you are made and appointed to devote yoursolf

to your office as director of laws and-in structor, and «t|*rially in other directions which y-.u shall five in accordance with the Government of Samoa when the Tuimua and Faipulo shall order. You who are appointed are to devote yourself well to and to perform well the busines.if your office as director of laws and instructor. Let it l.e done with upright neea; let fear and concealment (covering over) be laid aside. Abide by the constitution and the laws of the Government of Samoa—alike the laws now existing and laws in the future to be made by those who are appointed. Let this apjiointment be carried out with all your might until changed according to law. Ilere is placed our handwriting and the great seal of all the Government at Muliuuu, on this the fourteenth day of February in the year of the Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine Done by order of the Taiinua and Faipule M K. LF. Mamea, Secretary of Samoa. [Government seal.] [" Abide by the constitution " ; that's the rub We have beou under the impression that the Samoa " Government " did not possess a constitution, for we have never been able to get a sight of it, nor have we been able to find anyone who knows anything about it. If the "Government " or their adviser will kindly favour us with a copy of this valuable document we will most willingly publish it for the benefit of a beuighted populace, both native and foreign.—Ed. S. T.]