词条 | British Phosphate Commission |
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The British Phosphate Commissioners (BPC) was a board of Australian, British, and New Zealand representatives who managed extraction of phosphate from Christmas Island, Nauru, and Banaba Island (Ocean Island) from 1920 until 1981.[1] Nauru and the B.P.C.{{see also|Phosphate mining in Nauru}}Nauru Island AgreementFollowing its defeat in World War I, Germany was forced to relinquish all of its territorial assets around the world, including the island of Nauru. Nauru then came under joint trusteeship of the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. In 1919, the three trustees signed the Nauru Island Agreement, which entitled them to the phosphate of Nauru through the British Phosphate Commissioners. They bought back all the assets of the Pacific Phosphate Company for more than 3.5 million pounds on 1 July 1920, and started to manage it directly on 1 January 1921, after a six-month transition period of PPC management. Most of PPC's former employees were retained by the BPC.[2] From 1919 the responsibility for the welfare of the people of Nauru and Banaba, the restoring of land and water resources lost by mining operations and compensation for environmental damage to the islands was under the control of the governments of United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.[3] B.P.C. Payments to NauruansUnder a policy established under the German administration, royalty payments were given to landowners. In 1921, the British Phosphate Commissioners (under pressure from the Nauruan people) increased royalty payments from one-half pence to one and one-half pence per ton of phosphate extracted. In 1927, a new agreement was reached, giving the Nauruans seven and one-half pence per ton. By 1939, Nauruans were receiving 9% of the phosphate revenues. This amount is still somewhat insignificant because at this time, Nauruan phosphate was selling far below world market prices. ProfitsThroughout B.P.C. control, significant profits were made. In 1948, revenues from the island's phosphate reached $745,000. Transfer of OwnershipIn 1967 the Nauruans purchased the assets of the B.P.C. and, in 1970, the newly independent Republic of Nauru established the Nauru Phosphate Corporation. Banaba and the B.P.C.LitigationIn 1965, the Banaban islanders, after decades of land disputes, royalty fees, and "exploitation," started legal litigation against the British Phosphate Commissioners in British court. After more than a decade, the case finally came to an end, with the Banabans only being awarded £1 and were still made to pay their own legal fees of more than £300,000. The Australian government through the B.P.C. offered £780,000 in reparations. Christmas Island and the B.P.C.Christmas Island Phosphate CompanyThe first European to recommend mining of phosphate for commercial exploitation was Sir John Murray, a British naturalist, during the 1872–76 Challenger expedition. His discovery led to annexation of the island by the British Crown on 6 June 1888.[4][5] In 1900 the Pacific Islands Company Ltd commenced mining on Ocean Island, with 1550 tons shipped from September to December 1901 and 13,350 tons in the following year.[6] John T. Arundel and Lord Stanmore, directors of PIC, were responsible for financing the new opportunities and negotiating with the German company that controlled the licences to mine in Nauru.[1] In 1902 the interests of PIC were merged with Jaluit Gesellschaft of Hamburg, to form the Pacific Phosphate Company Ltd (PPC), to engage in phosphate mining in Nauru and Ocean Island.[7] Christmas Island and the B.P.C.Following the Nauru Agreement of 2 July 1919 the interests of the PPC in the phosphate deposits in Nauru and Ocean Island were acquired by the governments of the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, which carried out mining under the direction of the Board of Commissioners, which represented the three governments.[8][9] Post B.P.C. MiningIn March 1981, the Phosphate Mining Company of Christmas Island (PMCI), a company established and controlled by the Australian Government, took over mining operations[10] This arrangement lasted until December 1987 when the company was disbanded. The mining operation was then taken over by the Union of Christmas Island Workers. See alsoNauru
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References1. ^1 {{cite book |last1= Maslyn Williams & Barrie Macdonald |first1= |authorlink1= |title= The Phosphateers |url= |format= |accessdate= |edition= |series= |volume= |year=1985 |month= |origyear= |publisher= Melbourne University Press |location= |language= |isbn=0-522-84302-6|oclc= |doi= |id= |page= |pages= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= }} 2. ^{{cite book |last1= Ellis |first1= Albert F. |authorlink1= Albert Fuller Ellis |title= Ocean Island and Nauru; Their Story |url= |format= |accessdate= |year= 1935 |publisher= Angus and Robertson, limited|location= Sydney, Australia |language= |isbn= |oclc= 3444055 |doi= |id= |page= |pages= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= }} 3. ^ICJ Pleadings, Oral Arguments, Documents, Case Concerning Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru (Nauru v. Australia) Application: Memorial of Nauru (January 2004) {{ISBN|978-92-1-070936-1}} (United Nations, International Court of Justice) 4. ^{{cite web | title=History | url=http://www.christmas.net.au/about/history.html | publisher=Christmas Island Tourism Association | accessdate=1 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208180546/http://www.christmas.net.au/about/history.html# | archive-date=8 December 2014 | dead-url=yes | df=dmy-all }} 5. ^{{cite book |last1= Maslyn Williams & Barrie Macdonald |first1= |authorlink1= |title= The Phosphateers |url= |format= |accessdate= |edition= |series= |volume= |year=1985 |month= |origyear= |publisher= Melbourne University Press |location= |language= |isbn=0-522-84302-6|oclc= |doi= |id= |page= |pages= 15-21, 23-26, 56|chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= }} 6. ^{{cite book |last1= Ellis |first1= Albert F. |authorlink1= Albert Fuller Ellis |title= Ocean Island and Nauru; Their Story |url= |format= |accessdate= |year= 1935 |publisher= Angus and Robertson, limited|location= Sydney, Australia |language= |isbn= |oclc= 3444055 |doi= |id= |page=106|pages= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= }} 7. ^{{cite book |last1= Maslyn Williams & Barrie Macdonald |first1= |authorlink1= |title= The Phosphateers |url= |format= |accessdate= |edition= |series= |volume= |year=1985 |month= |origyear= |publisher= Melbourne University Press |location= |language= |isbn=0-522-84302-6|oclc= |doi= |id= |page= |pages= 10-21, 55-58|chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= }} 8. ^{{cite book |last1= Ellis |first1= Albert F. |authorlink1= Albert Fuller Ellis |title= Ocean Island and Nauru; Their Story |url= |format= |accessdate= |year= 1935 |publisher= Angus and Robertson, limited|location= Sydney, Australia |language= |isbn= |oclc= 3444055 |doi= |id= |page=179|pages= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= }} 9. ^{{cite book |last1= Maslyn Williams & Barrie Macdonald |first1= |authorlink1= |title= The Phosphateers |url= |format= |accessdate= |edition= |series= |volume= |year=1985 |month= |origyear= |publisher= Melbourne University Press |location= |language= |isbn=0-522-84302-6|oclc= |doi= |id= |page= |pages= 10-21, 55-58|chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= }} 10. ^{{cite book |last1= Maslyn Williams & Barrie Macdonald |first1= |authorlink1= |title= The Phosphateers |url= |format= |accessdate= |edition= |series= |volume= |year=1985 |month= |origyear= |publisher= Melbourne University Press |location= |language= |isbn=0-522-84302-6|oclc= |doi= |id= |page=553 |pages=|chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= }} 7 : Defunct mining companies|Companies of Nauru|History of Nauru|Phosphate mining in Nauru|Australia–Nauru relations|Nauru–New Zealand relations|Nauru–United Kingdom relations |
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