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From a paper by Lucien Philippe published in the March 1999 (13/59) issue of Franciae Vexilla:
Status
The official protectorate on Uvea was ratified by France on 5 April 1887. The protectorate was attached to New Caledonia, as a dependence. The protectorate on Alo and Sigave dates from 16 February 1888, with the same status as Uvea. In 1917, soon after the abdication of the King of Uvea (12 June 1913), France finally annexed the kingdoms to create the colony of Wallis-et-Futuna, administrated by New Caledonia. On 29 July 1961, the archipelago was detached from New Caledonia to constitute a Territoire d'Outre-Mer [overseas territory], following the referendum of December 1959.
Ivan Sache, 29 June 1999
![[Kingdom of Uvea 1842-1860 (Wallis and Futuna)]](../images/w/wf-uv842.gif)
by Ivan Sache
According to Lucien Philippe 1999 [text between brackets are my own comments]:
History of the flag
The first flag is a white field with the image of the Blessed Virgin. It was created in 1840 by the Marist Father Bataillon and given to a chief who had been converted to the Catholic religion. The second flag is a white field with a [Greek] cross in each corner (respectively blue, red, red and blue) and in the middle the monogram of the Blessed Virgin (red A superimposed on a blue M). It was adopted on 4 November 1842 during the ratification of a protectorate treaty between the King of Uvea and Captain Mallet, commander of the warship L'Embuscade ["Ambush"], in the presence of Father Bataillon. France did not recognize this treaty.
The Flags of Paradise 1996 chart represents a similar flag (the only difference is in cross size andcolours: blue, red, blue, red) attributed to Tongatapu c.1858-1862. Error, coincidence, filiation?
Ivan Sache, 29 June 1