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INDEX. 



A. 



Acacia richii, 208. 

 Acclimatisation, of animals, 140. 

 Agglomerate, rock, 164 ; 167. 



description of, 166. 



Agricultural Association of Fiji, 174. 



native, 74 ; 78 ; 80. 



of Government and settlers, 



defective, 139. 



products, 171. 



Alligator pear, Avocada, fruit, 99. 



Allspice, 106 ; 127. 



Alstonia, the Fijian caoutchouc, 195 ; 



258. 

 Alyxia, climber, 196. 

 Angona, native beverage, 107. 

 Angora goats, herds, 49 ; 50; 191. 

 Anointing, by natives, 103. 

 Ants, black, 67, 

 Apocynaceae, a natural order of plants, 



195. 

 Apple, Malay, 96. 

 Aqueducts, native, 76. 

 Arrowroot plantations, 6 ; 104. 

 ■ its manufacture by steam, 



105. 



value of its exports, 106. 



Association, Fiji Agricultural, 174. 



Asthma, causes of, 143. 



Athletic games, 55. 



Auckland, New Zealand, vessels from, 



57. 

 distance from Fiji by steam, 



186. 



B. 



Ba, river, 44 ; 49; 155. 

 Babuca, village, 45 ; 183. 

 Baggage, for travelling, 4 ; 193. 

 Baker, Mr., 59. 



Bakoi, fruit, 97. 



Balawa, Pandamus or screw pine, 22 ; 



23; 49; 50; 97; 110. 

 Bamboos, 69 ; 125. 

 Bananas, 37; 45; 81 ; 93. 

 Barges, 156. 



Bark-cloth-tree, Mast, 13. 

 Barometer, readings of, 250. 

 Barrier reefs, 149 ; 154. 

 Basalt, rock, 164; 168; 179. 



columnar, 165. 



Basketwork, 111. 



Baths, hot, used as curatives, 164. 



Bats, 192. 



Bays, rivers fall into, Savu-savu, Na- 



tawa, and Sandalwood, 151. 

 Beche de mer, 21 ; 193. 

 Beetles, 193 

 Benga, 157. 

 Biba, village, 34. 

 Bilo, village, 43. 

 Blacklead, 169. 

 Boats, native, 55 ; 114. 

 Boiling springs, 17 ; 163. 

 Bones of victims, 42. 

 Bose vaha Yasana, tribal council, 1 1 ; 



190. 

 Botanic garden, visit to a, 27. 



gardens, 138. 



— =- situation and area requisite 



for, 140. 

 Bottle-gourd, 97. 

 Breadfruit, 10 ; 17 ; 25 ; 28 ; 82. 

 Bread, making of native, 86. 



materials made of, 88. 



Breccia, rock, 164 ; 179. 



description of, 166. 



Bridges, native, 25. 



" British subject," Kai Biretania, 35. 



Bua. province, 50; 203. 



— mountains, 18 ; 151. 



