Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Barley daga baya ya yi aiki a cikin 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 hukumance a watan Disamba na 1941 lokacin da aka fara mamaye tsibirin Gilbert na Japan
, amma Ronald Garvey ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin Ma'aikacin Ma'aikaci daga 1938-1940.