Annual report on the Falkland Islands and Dependencies / Colonial Office.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1948]
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Credit: Annual report on the Falkland Islands and Dependencies / Colonial Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chapter 3 : Administration At the head of the Government of the Colony is the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, who is advised by an Executive Council con¬ sisting of four official and two non-official members. There is also a Legislative Council composed of four official and four unofficial members nominated by the Crown. The proposed reform of the Legislative Council is mentioned in Part I. Local government is confined to the capital where the first elections for the Stanley Town Council took place during the year. The Council consists of six elected members and three members nominated by the Governor ; the members of the Council annually elect one of their members as chairman. Chapter 4: Weights and Measures Imperial weights and measures are used. Chapter 5 : Newspapers and Periodicals Two papers are published : the News Weekly, produced by Govern¬ ment, which contains a review of the week’s news, notices of forth¬ coming events, local shooting reports, articles of general interest, etc. ; and the Cathedral News, which began monthly publication in 1948. The Government Gazette is published monthly. Chapter 6 : Bibliography Allardyce, Sir W. L., G.C.M.G., A Short History of the Falkland Islands. Letchworth : Garden City Press. 1909. Baker, H. A. Final Report on Geological Investigations in the Falk¬ land Islands, 1920-2. Stanley : C.S.O. 1924. Boyson, V. F. The Falkland Islands. Oxford : Clarendon Press. 1924. Brooks, C. E. P. The Climate and Weather of the Falkland Islands. Stanley : C.S.O. 1923. Cobb, A. F. Wild Life in the Falkland Islands. London : Gowans. 1910. Birds of the Falkland Islands. London : Witherby. 1933. Davies, W. The Grasslands of the Falkland Islands. Stanley : C.S.O. 1939. Ellis, J. M. The Falkland Islands : a short notice prepared on the occasion of the Centenary of the Colony. Stanley: C.S.O. 1933. Evans, H. R. Plants which have flowered successfully in Gardens of the Falkland Islands. Stanley : C.S.O. 1944.