 Such decrees were formulated in close consultation with the resident commissioners, who in turn took informal and formal advice from white settler interests and the Swazi king.In 1907, during the residency of Robert Coryndon, Swazi land was partitioned into a third for the Swazi nation, or reserves, and the remaining two thirds as crown and commercial land, for European occupation.The partition was carried out in 1909, and Swazis living in European areas were given five years to vacate the land.