sentences:  During the colonial era, the island was visited regularly but infrequently by the local Government representative, who would hold discussions with the local chiefs and sub-chiefs, to learn of their problems and to explain Government Policies, as well as to take a census, and collect taxes.Their reports were similar in style & content to those in the Domesday Book.A boma was first established at the southern tip of the island, but it was burned down in March 1959 during "The Chilubi Incident".