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was evening before wo arrived at WairiM in Taviuni. 

 There T was soon at homo with old friends and acquain- 

 tances, who accompanied me in my journeys through 

 Taviuni. 



Tin's is a very fertile island, and capable of producing 

 large quantities of sugar, coffee, and cocoa-nuts. There 

 are considerable numbers of the latter, but there is 

 room for twice as many. I visited several coffee plan- 

 tations which have lately been made, especially at 

 Gali, and at Messrs. Smith and Aitchinson's, and 

 Forest Creek. These give great promise of success. 

 At na Sali Levu a large sugar estate is in full 

 operation, and the mill is capable of making from 

 two to three tons of sugar per day. The sugar cane 

 grows to perfection here, and in the island there is 

 room for more than thirty such mills. These would 

 be also well supplied with canes by the numerous 

 settlers, who for want of mills are now debarred from 

 turning their attention to this cultivation, and are at 

 present at a loss to know what to do with their land. 

 Some of them grow maize, cocoa-nuts, or cotton, and 

 ;i few rear stock ; but all would prefer growing canes, for 

 which bo1 h soil and climate are well adapted, and which 

 would pay better than any other article of production. 

 The area of the island is computed at about 217 square 

 miles, of which about 45 near the coast could be 

 planted with eocoa-nuts, 45 with sugar cane, and 45 

 with coffee, leaving 82 square miles for forest reserves 

 and waste land. 



When pas^inu' through the village of Somosomo 



Taviuni. we called on Tui Cakau, Roko of Cakau- 



drove province. II<> was absent; had in fact gone 



with the men of the village to plant their yams, and 



iperintend and assist with the work. 



