 The first Resident Commissioner was C. R. Swayne, who collected the ordinances of each island of Tuvalu that had been established by the Samoan pastors of the London Missionary Society.These ordinances were the basis of the "Native Laws of the Ellice Islands" that were issued by C. R. Swayne in 1894.The Native Laws established and administrative structure for each island and well as prescribing criminal laws.