Technical

Abbreviations

AR

Annual Reports of the British Solomon Islands

Bain BDACP

Bain’s Biographical Directory of the Anglican Clergy in the Pacific

BSIP

British Solomon Islands Protectorate

NS

British Solomon Islands Protectorate News Sheet

PIM

Pacific Islands Monthly

PAMBU

Pacific Manuscripts Bureau

q.v.

quae vide (which see); quod vide, (plural)

SND

Solomons News Drum

SS

Solomon Star

STT

Solomon Toktok

SSEM

South Sea Evangelical Mission

SSEC

South Sea Evangelical Church

WPHC

Western Pacific High Commission

Use of Imperial and Metric Systems of Measurement

The time period of the Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia covers the transition from Imperial to Metric measure. The following rules have been applied. Linear measure has been converted to the Metric system, but cubic measure has not. Where it seemed important to include Imperial measures, the Metric equivalent has also been included.

Linear Measures

1 mile = 1.609 kilometres

1 yard = 0.9144 metre

1 foot = 0.3048 metre

1 inch = 2.54 centimetres

Square Measures

1 square mile = 2.5899 square kilometres

1 acre = 0.4047 hectares = 40.47 acres

1 square yard = 0.836 square metre

1 square foot = 0.0929 square metre = 929 square centimetres

Weight Measures

1 ton = 2,240 pounds. The modern metric measure is 1 tonne which is equivalent to 1,000 kilograms or 2,204.6 pounds)

1 pound = 0.453 kilograms