Special Commissioner

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Special Commissioner has 74 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 7 references, with 2 live disagreements.

74 facts·72 predicates·7 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:accompanied(2), went on excursion to(2), purpose obtained info on(1)

Inbound mentions (48)

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`appointedAs`Appointed As(5)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston
Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston
Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston
Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston
Mr Archibald Mestonex:mr-archibald-meston

`authoredBy`Authored by(3)

Trove Article 19796655ex:trove-article-19796655
Trove Article 19796769ex:trove-article-19796769
Trove Article 23976647ex:trove-article-23976647

`holdsRole`Holds Role(2)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston
Mr Archibald Mestonex:mr-archibald-meston

`basedOnEvidenceOfObservations`Based on Evidence of Observations(1)

Mr Chalmers Remarksex:mr-chalmers-remarks

`believedBySpecialCommissioner`Believed by Special Commissioner(1)

Mr Goldie Accountex:mr-goldie-account

`believesSpecialCommissioner`Believes Special Commissioner(1)

Mission Land Boughtex:mission-land-bought

`carefullyHandledPositiveImplied`Carefully Handled Positive Implied(1)

Kabadi Purchaseex:kabadi-purchase

`carefullyInspectedByCommissioner`Carefully Inspected by Commissioner(1)

Lease Deedex:lease-deed

`carried`Carried(1)

Hms Opalex:hms-opal

`confirmedSaleAgreement`Confirmed Sale Agreement(1)

Nativesex:natives

`convincedBestForSugar`Convinced Best for Sugar(1)

Edith Banksex:edith-banks

`convincedBySpecialCommissioner`Convinced by Special Commissioner(1)

Edith Sugar Potentialex:edith-sugar-potential

`criticizedAsMiserablyBarren`Criticized As Miserably Barren(1)

Kappa Kappa Landex:kappa-kappa-land

`deposedOnOathBefore`Deposed on Oath Before(1)

Minsterex:minster

`despatched`Despatched(1)

Daily Observer Ipswichex:daily-observer-ipswich

`directedBy`Directed by(1)

Punishment for Head Huntingex:punishment-for-head-hunting

`equitablePositive`Equitable Positive(1)

Lease Conditionsex:lease-conditions

`goingToAccompany`Going to Accompany(1)

Mr Hunterex:mr-hunter

`hasRole`Has Role(1)

Mr Archibald Mestonex:mr-archibald-meston

`holdsPosition`Holds Position(1)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`holdsUpTo`Holds Up to(1)

Fourth Nativeex:fourth-native

`inManyRespectsBadOneDescribedBy`In Many Respects Bad One Described by(1)

Mapoon Siteex:mapoon-site

`is`Is(1)

Mr Cleggex:mr-clegg

`issuedOnBehalfOf`Issued on Behalf of(1)

Permission Signed by Special Commissionerex:permission-signed-by-special-commissioner

`knownFromEarliestNews`Known From Earliest News(1)

British Protectorate New Guineaex:british-protectorate-new-guinea

`knownToSpecialCommissioner`Known to Special Commissioner(1)

Available Fertile Landex:available-fertile-land

`lucrativePositive`Lucrative Positive(1)

Palm Plantingex:palm-planting

`noDoubtWouldFlourish`No Doubt Would Flourish(1)

Potential Cropsex:potential-crops

`orderedBy`Ordered by(1)

New Government House Dinner Islandex:new-government-house-dinner-island

`presupposesGovernmentAuthority`Presupposes Government Authority(1)

Textex:text

`probablySwampyUnfit`Probably Swampy Unfit(1)

Tract Amazon Cloudyex:tract-amazon-cloudy

`profitableIfMarketPositive`Profitable If Market Positive(1)

Sago Enterpriseex:sago-enterprise

`remarkablyRichEvaluatedPositively`Remarkably Rich Evaluated Positively(1)

Alluvial Landex:alluvial-land

`remarksJustifiedAgreement`Remarks Justified Agreement(1)

Mr Chalmersex:mr-chalmers

`reportsSpecialCommissionerObservations`Reports Special Commissioner Observations(1)

Articleex:article

`servesAs`Serves As(1)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`siteDescribedBy`Site Described by(1)

Mapoon Mission Stationex:mapoon-mission-station

`sufferMuchEvaluative`Suffer Much Evaluative(1)

Natives Kappa Kappaex:natives-kappa-kappa

`toldDirectly`Told Directly(1)

Raroo Statementsex:raroo-statements

`veryBestPositive`Very Best Positive(1)

Mission Site Port Moresbyex:mission-site-port-moresby

`writtenBySpecialCommissioner`Written by Special Commissioner(1)

Article Contentex:article-content

Other facts (74)

The long tail: predicates that appear too rarely to warrant their own section. Filter or scroll to find a specific one. Each row links to its source.

74 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Accompanied	Squadron	[1]
Accompanied	Commodore Erskine	[1]
Went on Excursion to	Fairfax Harbour	[4]
Went on Excursion to	Murphys Creek	[4]
Purpose Obtained Info on	Formal Proclamation Protectorate	[1]
Sent to	Port Moresby	[1]
Source of Knowledge	Earliest Information Protectorate	[1]
Reports From	Port Moresby	[1]
Provides Eyewitness Account	{}	[1]
Knew That	Imperial Intent	[1]
Known Intended Imperial Move	null	[2]
Reporting From	Port Moresby	[2]
Describes Place People	null	[2]
Heard Misdescription of Bech De Mer	true	[2]
Expects Regulations Received Officially	Brisbane	[2]
Obtained Copy of	Fresh Regulations	[2]
Wrote From Location	Port Moresby	[2]
Has Letter Date	1884-11-16	[2]
Wrote Letter	Letter on Nelson Natives	[1]
Convinced of Edith Suitability	true	[3]
Perused Original Deed	true	[3]
Received Account From Mr Goldie	true	[3]
Visited Kabadi Land	true	[3]
Advocates Agriculture	true	[3]
Frames Land As Promising	true	[3]
Gives Account of Land Acquisitions	true	[3]
Vouches for Goldie Description	true	[3]
Saw Great Portion of Purchased Land	true	[3]
No Doubt Pines Melons Etc Would Flourish	true	[3]
Uses Proverb	proof of the pudding is in the eating	[2]
Saw and Counted Heads	seven Chinamen heads in Maopa	[2]
Opposes Common View	unhealthiness of climate for Europeans	[2]
Conducted Investigations	searching investigations into climate healthiness	[2]
Compiled List	List White Men Died New Guinea	[2]
Prefers Facts Over Theories	deal exclusively with facts	[2]
Presents in Summarised Form	Murders by Natives	[2]
Arrived at Conclusions	climate not unhealthy for Europeans	[2]
Collected Authenticated Instances	Murders by Natives	[2]
Classifies Deaths As Natural	Natural Deaths New Guinea	[2]
Claims Climate Little Role	Deaths White Men New Guinea	[2]
Believes in Fact Based Analysis	null	[2]
Visited	New Guinea	[2]
Stayed in	New Guinea	[2]
Admits Whites to Blame	Booker Island First Massacre	[2]
Deems Expedient to Collect	null	[2]
Is Absent	null	[2]
Enforces Punishment on Villages	Head Hunters	[2]
Perceived As More Innocent	null	[4]
Aimed to Gain Idea of	Country Near Port Moresby	[4]
Excursion Before	Leaving Port Moresby	[4]
Expresses Humiliation	null	[4]
Felt Sure From Gestures That	They Talking About Me	[4]
Hoped to Indulge in	Shooting Birds Beasts	[4]
Is Narrator of	The Sketcher Queenslander Article	[4]
Looked at Scenery on	Tropical Lake Windermere	[4]
Looked in Vain for	Paddles	[4]
Turned Attention From	Natives	[4]
Was Told That	birds and beasts abounded	[4]
Would Have Given Great Deal to	Understand What Said	[4]
Convinced of Edith Superiority	Sugar Land	[5]
Advocates Development	Agriculture Planting	[5]
Must Bear in Mind Limited Area	Limited Land	[5]
Observations Justify Chalmers	Mr Chalmers Remarks	[5]
Reports on	Visit to New Guinea	[5]
No Doubt Fruits Flourish	Pines Melons Mangoes Limes Oranges	[5]
Ascertained That	Pacification Terms Carried Out	[6]
Received Report From	Mr Forbes	[6]
Likely Mr Douglas Belief	null	[6]
Landed at	Aroma	[6]
Depends on Mr Page Knowledge	null	[6]
Travelled to	Aroma	[6]
Authorised to Revisit	Mr Forbes	[6]
Asked to Accompany	Mr Page	[6]
Assumed to Act	true	[7]

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

74 undated

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purposeObtainedInfoOntrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:formal-proclamation-protectorate

—

sentTotrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:port-moresby

—

sourceOfKnowledgetrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:earliest-information-protectorate

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accompaniedtrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:squadron

—

reportsFromtrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:port-moresby

—

providesEyewitnessAccounttrove-cooktown/protector-roth

{}

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knewThattrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:imperial-intent

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knownIntendedImperialMovetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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reportingFromtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:port-moresby

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describesPlacePeopletrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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heardMisdescriptionOfBechDeMertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

true

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expectsRegulationsReceivedOfficiallytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:brisbane

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obtainedCopyOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:fresh-regulations

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wroteFromLocationtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:port-moresby

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hasLetterDatetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

1884-11-16

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wroteLettertrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:letter-on-nelson-natives

—

accompaniedtrove-cooktown/protector-roth

ex:commodore-erskine

—

convincedOfEdithSuitabilitytrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

true

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perusedOriginalDeedtrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

true

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receivedAccountFromMrGoldietrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

true

—

visitedKabadiLandtrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

true

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advocatesAgriculturetrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

true

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framesLandAsPromisingtrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

true

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givesAccountOfLandAcquisitionstrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

true

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vouchesForGoldieDescriptiontrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

true

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sawGreatPortionOfPurchasedLandtrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

true

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noDoubtPinesMelonsEtcWouldFlourishtrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

true

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usesProverbtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

proof of the pudding is in the eating

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sawAndCountedHeadstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

seven Chinamen heads in Maopa

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opposesCommonViewtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

unhealthiness of climate for Europeans

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conductedInvestigationstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

searching investigations into climate healthiness

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compiledListtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:list-white-men-died-new-guinea

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prefersFactsOverTheoriestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

deal exclusively with facts

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presentsInSummarisedFormtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:murders-by-natives

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arrivedAtConclusionstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

climate not unhealthy for Europeans

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collectedAuthenticatedInstancestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:murders-by-natives

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classifiesDeathsAsNaturaltrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:natural-deaths-new-guinea

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claimsClimateLittleRoletrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:deaths-white-men-new-guinea

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believesInFactBasedAnalysistrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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visitedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:new-guinea

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stayedIntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:new-guinea

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admitsWhitesToBlametrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:booker-island-first-massacre

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deemsExpedientToCollecttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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isAbsenttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

null

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enforcesPunishmentOnVillagestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:head-hunters

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perceivedAsMoreInnocentlaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

null

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aimedToGainIdeaOflaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:country-near-port-moresby

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excursionBeforelaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:leaving-port-moresby

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expressesHumiliationlaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

null

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feltSureFromGesturesThatlaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:they-talking-about-me

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hopedToIndulgeInlaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:shooting-birds-beasts

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isNarratorOflaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:the-sketcher-queenslander-article

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lookedAtSceneryOnlaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:tropical-lake-windermere

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lookedInVainForlaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:paddles

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turnedAttentionFromlaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:natives

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wasToldThatlaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

birds and beasts abounded

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wentOnExcursionTolaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:fairfax-harbour

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wentOnExcursionTolaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:murphys-creek

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wouldHaveGivenGreatDealTolaura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports

ex:understand-what-said

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convincedOfEdithSuperioritybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796655_Saturday-28-February-1885-the-sketcher-a-visit-to-new-guinea-by-our-special-commission

ex:sugar-land

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advocatesDevelopmentbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796655_Saturday-28-February-1885-the-sketcher-a-visit-to-new-guinea-by-our-special-commission

ex:agriculture-planting

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mustBearInMindLimitedAreabrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796655_Saturday-28-February-1885-the-sketcher-a-visit-to-new-guinea-by-our-special-commission

ex:limited-land

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observationsJustifyChalmersbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796655_Saturday-28-February-1885-the-sketcher-a-visit-to-new-guinea-by-our-special-commission

ex:mr-chalmers-remarks

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reportsOnbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796655_Saturday-28-February-1885-the-sketcher-a-visit-to-new-guinea-by-our-special-commission

ex:visit-to-new-guinea

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noDoubtFruitsFlourishbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796655_Saturday-28-February-1885-the-sketcher-a-visit-to-new-guinea-by-our-special-commission

ex:pines-melons-mangoes-limes-oranges

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ascertainedThatbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/52063478_Friday-17-December-1886-northern-mail-news-british-new-guinea

ex:pacification-terms-carried-out

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receivedReportFrombrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/52063478_Friday-17-December-1886-northern-mail-news-british-new-guinea

ex:mr-forbes

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likelyMrDouglasBeliefbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/52063478_Friday-17-December-1886-northern-mail-news-british-new-guinea

null

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landedAtbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/52063478_Friday-17-December-1886-northern-mail-news-british-new-guinea

ex:aroma

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dependsOnMrPageKnowledgebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/52063478_Friday-17-December-1886-northern-mail-news-british-new-guinea

null

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travelledTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/52063478_Friday-17-December-1886-northern-mail-news-british-new-guinea

ex:aroma

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authorisedToRevisitbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/52063478_Friday-17-December-1886-northern-mail-news-british-new-guinea

ex:mr-forbes

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askedToAccompanybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/52063478_Friday-17-December-1886-northern-mail-news-british-new-guinea

ex:mr-page

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assumedToActtrove-cooktown/aboriginal-bdm-crew

true

References (7)

7 references

[1]Protector Roth9 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/protector-roth
[2]Beche De Mer26 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[3]Malay Cooktown10 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
[4]Loop8 Protector Reports14 facts
ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop8-protector-reports
[5]19796655 Saturday 28 February 1885 the Sketcher a Visit to New Guinea by Our Special Commission6 facts
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/19796655_Saturday-28-February-1885-the-sketcher-a-visit-to-new-guinea-by-our-special-commission
[6]52063478 Friday 17 December 1886 Northern Mail News British New Guinea8 facts
ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/52063478_Friday-17-December-1886-northern-mail-news-british-new-guinea
[7]Aboriginal Bdm Crew1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/aboriginal-bdm-crew

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Inbound mentions (48)

appointedAsAppointed As(5)

authoredByAuthored by(3)

holdsRoleHolds Role(2)

basedOnEvidenceOfObservationsBased on Evidence of Observations(1)

believedBySpecialCommissionerBelieved by Special Commissioner(1)

believesSpecialCommissionerBelieves Special Commissioner(1)

carefullyHandledPositiveImpliedCarefully Handled Positive Implied(1)

carefullyInspectedByCommissionerCarefully Inspected by Commissioner(1)

carriedCarried(1)

confirmedSaleAgreementConfirmed Sale Agreement(1)

convincedBestForSugarConvinced Best for Sugar(1)

convincedBySpecialCommissionerConvinced by Special Commissioner(1)

criticizedAsMiserablyBarrenCriticized As Miserably Barren(1)

deposedOnOathBeforeDeposed on Oath Before(1)

despatchedDespatched(1)

directedByDirected by(1)

equitablePositiveEquitable Positive(1)

goingToAccompanyGoing to Accompany(1)

hasRoleHas Role(1)

holdsPositionHolds Position(1)

holdsUpToHolds Up to(1)

inManyRespectsBadOneDescribedByIn Many Respects Bad One Described by(1)

isIs(1)

issuedOnBehalfOfIssued on Behalf of(1)

knownFromEarliestNewsKnown From Earliest News(1)

knownToSpecialCommissionerKnown to Special Commissioner(1)

lucrativePositiveLucrative Positive(1)

noDoubtWouldFlourishNo Doubt Would Flourish(1)

orderedByOrdered by(1)

presupposesGovernmentAuthorityPresupposes Government Authority(1)

probablySwampyUnfitProbably Swampy Unfit(1)

profitableIfMarketPositiveProfitable If Market Positive(1)

remarkablyRichEvaluatedPositivelyRemarkably Rich Evaluated Positively(1)

remarksJustifiedAgreementRemarks Justified Agreement(1)

reportsSpecialCommissionerObservationsReports Special Commissioner Observations(1)

servesAsServes As(1)

siteDescribedBySite Described by(1)

sufferMuchEvaluativeSuffer Much Evaluative(1)

toldDirectlyTold Directly(1)

veryBestPositiveVery Best Positive(1)

writtenBySpecialCommissionerWritten by Special Commissioner(1)

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`appointedAs`Appointed As(5)

`authoredBy`Authored by(3)

`holdsRole`Holds Role(2)

`basedOnEvidenceOfObservations`Based on Evidence of Observations(1)

`believedBySpecialCommissioner`Believed by Special Commissioner(1)

`believesSpecialCommissioner`Believes Special Commissioner(1)

`carefullyHandledPositiveImplied`Carefully Handled Positive Implied(1)

`carefullyInspectedByCommissioner`Carefully Inspected by Commissioner(1)

`carried`Carried(1)

`confirmedSaleAgreement`Confirmed Sale Agreement(1)

`convincedBestForSugar`Convinced Best for Sugar(1)

`convincedBySpecialCommissioner`Convinced by Special Commissioner(1)

`criticizedAsMiserablyBarren`Criticized As Miserably Barren(1)

`deposedOnOathBefore`Deposed on Oath Before(1)

`despatched`Despatched(1)

`directedBy`Directed by(1)

`equitablePositive`Equitable Positive(1)

`goingToAccompany`Going to Accompany(1)

`hasRole`Has Role(1)

`holdsPosition`Holds Position(1)

`holdsUpTo`Holds Up to(1)

`inManyRespectsBadOneDescribedBy`In Many Respects Bad One Described by(1)

`is`Is(1)

`issuedOnBehalfOf`Issued on Behalf of(1)

`knownFromEarliestNews`Known From Earliest News(1)

`knownToSpecialCommissioner`Known to Special Commissioner(1)

`lucrativePositive`Lucrative Positive(1)

`noDoubtWouldFlourish`No Doubt Would Flourish(1)

`orderedBy`Ordered by(1)

`presupposesGovernmentAuthority`Presupposes Government Authority(1)

`probablySwampyUnfit`Probably Swampy Unfit(1)

`profitableIfMarketPositive`Profitable If Market Positive(1)

`remarkablyRichEvaluatedPositively`Remarkably Rich Evaluated Positively(1)

`remarksJustifiedAgreement`Remarks Justified Agreement(1)

`reportsSpecialCommissionerObservations`Reports Special Commissioner Observations(1)

`servesAs`Serves As(1)

`siteDescribedBy`Site Described by(1)

`sufferMuchEvaluative`Suffer Much Evaluative(1)

`toldDirectly`Told Directly(1)

`veryBestPositive`Very Best Positive(1)

`writtenBySpecialCommissioner`Written by Special Commissioner(1)