Newly returned from a six-year term as Governor of Tasmania, Sir Robert Hamilton (1836-1895), was commissioned to look into the "Peasant Revolt" that erupted in La Plaine, Dominica, in 1893, in direct response to a "house-tax", but also many other grievances amongst the locals, exacerbated by the colonial officials did not understand the regional patois. Shots were fired, and people were killed. Hamilton recommended the appointment of a resident Lieutenant-Governor, tax reform, and better land management.