Alexander Hare was not fiked by Ross, nor by his slaves. and it was not Tong before the latter deserted to Ross's island, Ross promptly sent them back, but warned Hare that would keep them if they deserted gain, They soon did, whereupon Hare appealed (o the Duieh for help, the islands shaving been informally taken possession ome years previ Ross retaliated by appealing (0 1 British, who replied by sending out 9 man-of-war and taking the colony under their protection in 1850. After being allached to the government of Ceylon, the islands were placed unde: the authority of the Governor of the Straits Settlements in. 1882, tke Ross family being given a lease for 990) saying the fact that @ large number of the men on the Islands are tall and handsome men with" broad shoulders and regular features. John [Clunies 'Ross married x Javanese princess of pure Solo blood, and so his son, George Ross, who assum-fed control' when his father died in 1887. In 1910, George died, and was succeeded by the present owner, [Sydney Ross.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the colony, however, is the fact that there has been very little trouble on the islands, despite the lack of either a police force or any form of government save a domestic one. Crime Is practically non-existent, Keeling "Island, from which the whole atoll of 23 islands takes its fame, isthe junction point for the Eastern Extension cable company's submarine lines" from Singapore, Batavia, Western Australia, Natal, and. Mauritius,
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