NAURU ISLAND

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 142, 18 June 1919, Page 5

NAURU ISLAND

PROVISIONS OF THE MANDATE

DISTRIBUTION OF PHOSPHATES.

(ONITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPWIOHT.)

(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 10th June.

The Nauru Island mandate has been circulated. Ifc provides that the mandatory Governments shall be Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, who shall undertake the education of the children on the island, safeguarding the liberties of the people, and governingl benevolentIy. The1 responsibilities are clearly defined. Australia will appoint a Commissioner for the first five years, after which Britain, Australia; and New Zealand will appoint three joint equal Commissioners. Each country, during the first year, ha* the right to phosphates at cost price, equal to the highest amount imported in any single year. Thereafter the phosphates shall be. distributed among the three mandatory countries, as required, at cost price, the Commissioners to dispose of the remainder at such price as they consider fair. The balance of the receipts, after deducting the cost of administration, is to be distributed between Britain, Australia, and Now Zealand, according to the ratio. The present company's business shall be purchased at a valuation, each mandatory country paying its share according to the amount of phosphates being taken.