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Their wages does not exceed Is. per day, all things 

 included. For field work, &c. in the tropics, East 

 Indians are unrivalled. Without them some British 

 colonies, and some foreign ones, would not be in their 

 present flourishing condition. There need be no 

 hesitation in saying that what has been done, and is 

 now being clone in these colonies, with coolie 

 labourers, can likewise be done with them in Fiji, 

 which, from its agricultural wealth, crying for de- 

 velopment, is bound to become not the least important 

 of Her Majesty's possessions. 



Geographically, Fiji enjoys a most enviable posi- 

 tion, in regard to a market for her produce, such as 

 no other British (tropical) colony does. Situated 

 within the tropics, she is within 5 days of Auckland, 

 New Zealand ; 7 of Sydney ; and 9 of Melbourne by 

 steam. The climate of the country is healthy, the 

 soil fertile, rains abundant, and all are favourable in a 

 high degree for the cultivation of tropical products : — 

 indeed, just what are most wanted, sugar, tea, coffee, 

 rice, &c, in Australia and New Zealand. The de- 

 mand, or market in these colonies, for those products is 

 at present large, and will increase with the population 

 to an unlimited extent. No country is so favourably 

 situated, in all respects, for supplying such products 

 as Fiji. 



To those who have capital, and are skilled in the 

 cultivation, &c, of tropical produce, or who can secure 

 the services of trustworthy men as managers with 

 the necessary knowledge, Fiji affords many oppor- 

 tunities for profitable investment. 



Again, sugar mills are much needed in many parts 

 of the group by the settlers, who would give security 

 to the sugar maker or owners of the mills for the 



