Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'afọ 1893, a gbasawanyere ibu ọrụ nke Onye bi na Gilbert Islands, na aha ahụ ghọrọ Onye bi na Kọmịshọna nke Gilbert na Ellice Islands. Swayne rutere n'Agwaetiti Gilbert n'October 1893. Ụgwọ ọnwa ya bụ £500 kwa afọ, nke a na-akwụ site na ego obodo. N'afọ 1895, e hiwere isi ụlọ ọrụ nke ndị nchebe na Tarawa tupu ebufee ya na Ocean Island na 1908, nke nọgidere bụrụ isi ụlọ ọrụ ruo Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ na ndị Japan na-achị Gilbert Islands
Ọ dị mma. Agwaetiti Gilbert na Ellice ghọrọ ógbè dị iche iche na 1976, ma ha nọgidere n'okpuru otu gọvanọ. Mgbe nnwere onwe nke Tuvalu (Ellice Islands) na 1978, a gbanwere aha post ahụ ịbụ Gọvanọ nke Gilbert Islands ruo mgbe nnwere onwe nke Kiribati n'afọ sochirinụ.