South Africa will continue to administer the territory until independence.

At that time Clark was in charge of administering the territory they called home.

New Mexico was transformed into a separate territory directly administered by the federal government.

The post was new, and British mechanisms to administer the territory were not fully developed.

This transfer was so secret that the Spanish continued to administer the territory.

However, the treaty was kept secret and Spain continued to administer the territory.

India claims the 38,000-square-kilometre territory, currently administered by China.

A Civil Commissioner was appointed in 1902 to administer the territory.

The Commissioner's role is to administer the territory on behalf of the British government.

The United Nations plans to administer the territory for two to three years as a transition to independent rule.