Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Barley daga baya ya yi aiki a ma'aikatar gwamnati a tsibirin Solomon, a matsayin Jami'in Gundumar Tulagi, kafin ya zama Kwamishinan Birtaniya a tsibirin Gilbert da Ellice daga ranar 18 ga Oktoba, 1933. Zamanin Barley ya ƙare a watan Disamba na 1941 lokacin da aka fara
Japan ta mamaye tsibirin Gilbert, amma Ronald Garvey ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin Babban Ma'aikaci daga 1938-1940.