HC Deb 23 January 1940 vol 356 cc427-8W
Mr. David Adams

asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether, as it is open for the inhabitants of British mandated territory South-West Africa to become British subjects of the Union of South Africa, he will make representations to the Government of New Zealand on behalf of the inhabitants of Samoa, mandated to New Zealand?

Mr. Eden

Provision already exists in the British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand) Act, 1928, passed by the New Zealand Parliament, whereby persons resident in Western Samoa may be granted certificates of naturalisation by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Minister for External Affairs. According to the Annual Report of the Department of Internal Affairs of the New Zealand Government, two certificates of naturalisation were issued in Western Samoa during the year ended 31st March, 1939.