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from the native schools which the missionaries have 

 established in all the towns throughout Fiji. They 

 not only receive a good education, but arc employed 

 a part of the day, before or after school hours, at field 

 work, cultivating yams, dalo, &c, on the land belong- 

 ing to the institution. In this way the institution is 

 altogether, or to a great extent, supplied with food, 

 and the exercise is most beneficial to the health of 

 the scholars. The system of agriculture practised by 

 the Fijians has been mentioned, and the evils arising 

 from it pointed out. As it may be desirable to change 

 this system for one which would not require new 

 ground every year on which to grow food plants, advan- 

 tage might be taken of the institution at Navaloa to im- 

 part to the natives a thorough knowledge of modern 

 agriculture. There the young men would see the result 

 of using manure ; that by its use the same kind of crop 

 can be taken repeatedly from the same ground, and also 

 the benefit of a yearly rotation of different kinds of 

 crops. Not only so, but as a part of their education, 

 they would become acquainted with the various prac- 

 tical ways in which these results are brought about. 



The young men trained at this institution, the most 

 of whom are the sons of chiefs, will naturally become 

 prominent and influential members of the native com- 

 munity, and it may be expected that the knowledge 

 thus imparted to them will soon be extended to others. 

 Besides this, they might also be taught the use of 

 tools, how to work a saw, drive a nail, use a plane, 

 and handle an adze, &c, — a kind of knowledge they 

 much need, and which would be most useful to them 

 in their after life. 



At Levuka, the present capital of Fiji, there is a 

 Mechanics Institute, and a fairly good library, 



