⁷¹ A Pacific Islander, giving evidence before the first Land Commission in the British Solomons (1919-1924), poured scorn on the concept that land could be treated "as if it were a thing like a box" which could be bought and sold, pointing out that land was treated in his society with respect and with due regard for the rights of future generations. (Peter G. Sack, Land Between Two Laws, 1993, p. 33.)