Anglo-French Joint Naval Commission Explained

Conventional Long Name:Anglo-French Joint Naval Commission
Common Name:Sandwich island
Status:Protectorate
Empire:United Kingdom / France
Status Text:
    P1:History of Vanuatu
    P2:Melanesians
    S1:Franceville, New Hebrides
    Flag S1:Flag of Franceville.svg
    S2:New Hebrides
    Flag S2:Flag of New Hebrides.svg
    Image Map Caption:Location of the New Hebrides, today's Vanuatu.
    Capital:Not specified
    Era:
    Life Span:
    • 1887–1889
    • 1890–1906
    Date Start:16 October
    Year Start:1887
    Date End:20 October
    Year End:1906
    Today:Vanuatu

    The Anglo-French Joint Naval Commission was in charge of the territory of the New Hebrides in the period 1887–1889 and again in 1890–1906. It was briefly suspended by the constitution of the unrecognized independent state of Franceville.

    History

    During the 19th century, many Australian, British, French, and German settlers settled in the territory of the New Hebrides.[1]

    In 1878 the United Kingdom and France declared all of the New Hebrides to be neutral territory.[2]

    The New Hebrides became a neutral territory under the loose jurisdiction of the Commission, established by a Convention on 16 October 1887, for the sole purpose of protecting French and British citizens, but claimed no jurisdiction over internal native affairs.

    Notes and References

    1. https://books.google.com/books?id=nhNmCiYYxucC&pg=PA422 Tufala Gavman: Reminiscences from the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, Suva 2002, p. 422.
    2. Web site: Arrangement between Great Britain and France, respecting the Independence of the New Hebrides Group . Jan–Feb 1878 . 2010-01-22 . 2012-02-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229220044/http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/library/Online/Texts/Pacific_archive/New%20Hebrides/1.Agrrement%20between%20Britain%20and%20France%20respecting%20the%20independence%20of%20the%20New%20Hebrides,%20January-FEbruary%201878.PDF . dead .