Why did Britain protectorate the Gilbert islands in 1892?

In an effort to restore a measure of order, the Gilbert Islands and the neighboring Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu) were declared as the British Protectorate by Captain Davis of HMS Royalist (1883) on 27 May 1892. British Western Pacific Territories SS Tokelau: Government Steamer Gilbert & Ellice Islands Protectorates (30 April 1909)

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Source - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Kiribati

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