Evaluate the nature and impact of British administration in the Pacific Islands up to 1919 (excluding Australia and New Zealand).

Candidates will make an appraisal of the nature and impact of the British administration in the Pacific Islands by weighing up the strengths and limitations of the British presence and policies. The British Western Pacific Territories was a colonial entity, which included Fiji and the Union Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Solomon Islands and Cook Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Tonga and Savage Islands, New Hebrides and Nauru. Candidates may consider the nature and impact of the British administration in the islands separately and present end-on accounts whilst others may choose a thematic one across a range of islands. A comparative approach may or may not be used and not all islands need to be considered in detail. Candidates may refer to political, economic, social, religious and cultural factors, but these need not all be covered or covered equally. Both strengths and limitations must be clearly indicated but there does not need to be an equal focus on each. While other, relevant, factors may be referred to, the bulk of the response will remain on the issue raised in the question.