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thing like the following of the Wesleyans, but if I remember 

 aright, they count 9000 communicants. The number of the 

 priests in the mission is ten. Father Bretheret is a good sailor, 

 and anything but an indifferent boat-builder. 



The Anglican Church boasts a neat chapel, attended by his 

 Excellency, and served by the Rev. W. Floyd, M.A., who did 

 good service during the measles epidemic. The Church of 

 England has, however, no missionary establishment in the 

 group, the only two Christian bodies possessing such, being the 

 Catholics and Wesleyans. 



According to a late return, the statistics of the Wesleyan 

 body are as follows : Churches, etc., 841 ; European mission- 

 aries, 10 ; Native ministers, 48. 



There are three medical men in Levuka, and a well-conducted 

 hospital is located on an elevated plateau above the town, sur- 

 rounded by the most exquisite foliage, and commanding an 

 extensive sea view of great beauty. 



The fourth estate is represented by the Fiji Times bi-weekly, 

 and the Fiji Argus weekly ; the former being in bitter opposi- 

 tion to the present regime, while the latter is more or less on 

 the side of the Government. If a little more spirit was infused 

 into the conduct of the latter paper it would do better. Appa- 

 rently, its course of action hitherto has invariably been to let 

 ' I dare not wait upon I would.' At the new political capital, 

 Suva, a weekly Times is now issued. The Royal Gazette is pub- 

 lished monthly, and at irregular intervals a native paper 

 appears. 



The Governor, Geo. W. des Vceux, Esq., C.M.G., is assisted 

 in his labours by the Executive Council, consisting of the 

 Colonial Secretary, the Hon. J. B. Thurston, C.M.G., Attorney 

 and Receiver Generals, the Commissioner of Lands, and the 

 Chief Justice. The Legislative Assembly consists of these 



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