The Annexation of the Kermadec Islands.
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AUCKLAND. September 1. The formal annexation of the Kermadec Islands is an accomplished fact. Messrs. Percy Smith, Assistant Surveyor-General, and T. F. Cheeseman, curator of the Auckland Museum, have returned to Auckland, having left the Stella at Kaipara. They report that the steamer reached Sunday Island on the 15th of August, and remained there till the 23rd. During the whole of that lime Messrs Cheeseman and Smith were engaged in exploring and surveying the island, while Captain Fairchild took a series of soundings with a view to the preparation of a chart. An easterly wind was prevailing, and the Stella had to shift her position several times for the benefit of shelter. The ceremony of annexing the group was performed at Sunday Island on the 17th August. The New Zealand flag being hoisted, and the proclamation of the Governor read, Mr. Haszard, who accompanied the party, took a photograph of the scene. Mr. Cheeseman has brought back with him about 115 kinds of flowering plants and ferns which were found at Sunday Island, and at least three-fourths of these are specimens found in New Zealand vegetation. The island is wholly covered with forest.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1719, 3 September 1887, Page 2
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202The Annexation of the Kermadec Islands. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1719, 3 September 1887, Page 2
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