GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN FIJI. / 



The Vekai Reef was first visited; then Tuvuthti, Lakemba, Fulanga, 

 Ongea, Vatoa, and Ono-i-hiu, the southernmost island of the group. 

 Returning northward, Kambara and Wangava were visited en route 

 for Lakemba. In most cases no more than a day's sojourn at each 

 ishind was possible, but, owing to the difficulty of obtaining transporta- 

 tion by cutter, a week or more was spent at Ono and two weeks at 

 Lakemba. 



From Lakemba, Loma Loma was reached again, and thence by 

 the steamship "Amra," the voyage was made to Taviuni, a large 

 island east of Vanua Levu. The Government physician at Taviuni, 

 Dr. Trotter, gave valuable assistance by furnishing transportation 

 facilities about the island. Leaving Taviuni by cutter the writer 

 saw in the distance Goat Island, lying just off the west coast of 

 Taviuni, and Kioa, an island east of Vanua Levu. Several points on 

 INIbutha Bay, at the extreme eastern side of Vanua Levu, were then 

 visited and a journey made across the Waikava peninsula, forming 

 the extreme southeastern point of the island. This journey allowed 

 20 to 30 miles of the southeastern coast of the island to be explored; 

 but the isthmus south of Natew^a Bay, the long inlet on the eastern 

 side of the island, was not visited. From Mbutha Bay via the island 

 of Rambi the route led to Lambasa, a town on the northern coast of 

 Vanua Levu. At the latter place, the railroad and other facilities, 

 owned by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, were kindly put at 

 the disposal of the waiter and 30 miles of the coast east of Lambasa 

 were traversed, largely by railroad but partly on foot. A walk across 

 the central ridge of the island enabled the writer to see Savu Savu Bay 

 on the southern coast and obtain a clear idea of the geology of the 

 central portion of this island. 



On returning to Lambasa, passage was taken in the "Amra" for 

 Suva. The boat touched at Lauthala (a small island east of Taviuni), 

 at Taviuni, and at Levuka. The short voyage from Suva to Navua, a 

 town lying west of Suva, was made by a small launch, running entirely 

 wuthin the barrier reef. After a week's stay at this town, the journey 

 back to Suva was made by launch. From Suva the Government's 

 steamship, the " Ranandi", enabled the writer to reach Lautoka on the 

 extreme western side of the island of Viti Levu. 



After a day at Lautoka, Mba, a town some 30 miles north of Lau- 

 toka, was reached by railway. 



From Mba, the voyage to the Yasawa Group lying northwest of 

 Viti Levu was made by cutter. During a week's stay in this group, 

 the islands of Nathula, Naviti, and Yasawa-i-lau as well as several 

 small islets, were visited. 



