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INDEX. 



Colonial Sugar Refining Co., 152; 

 scheme for using them in Samoa, 

 237 ; Tripang fisheries (see Bfche- 

 de-mer). 



Chippindall, Mr. Edward, 182, 183, 

 187, 188, 196. 



Chlorodyne, 218. 



Choiseul (Solomon Group), 361. 



Christianity, its introduction into 

 Sandwich Islands, 2, 3 ; in Fiji, 

 93 ; in Tonga, 309 ; in San Ber- 

 nardo, 329 ; in Manihiki, 331 ; 

 in Kakahanga, 332; in Wallis 

 Island, 338 ; in Marshall Group, 

 342 ; in Tahiti, 365. 



Cigarettes, Fijian use of, 119. (See 

 also Silonies.) 



Cingalese pearl-divers, 257. 



Cinnamon, 141, 155, 224. 



Circumcision, Fijian rite of, 66. 



Citron, found in Fiji, 54. 



City of Neiv York (mail steamer), 7. 



Clarkson, Mr. Howard, 58. 



Climate, of Sandwich Group, 7 ; 

 of New Hebrides, 320. 



Cloacina, The goddess, 308. 



Cloves, 155. 



' Club dance,' Fijian, 117. 



Cockroaches, in Fiji, 166. 



Cocoa, 154, 237. 



Cocoa-nut tree, 14 ; used by Fijians 

 in house-building and fitting, 92, 

 93 ; manufacture of sinnet, 76 ; 

 Fijian custom of anointing the 

 body with the oil, 107, 108 ; in- 

 digenous to Fiji, 141 ; the nut 

 converted into copra, 142-144 ; 

 the growth of the tree and value 

 of its yield, 144-148 ; various, 

 201, 202, 205, 287, 312, 313, 317, 

 320-322, 324, 229-334, 337, 341, 

 343, 354, 369, 370. (See also 

 Copra.) 



Cocoa-palm drink, 313, 335. 



Co^-o-le-Sasa. o le Tuanasaga (a 

 Samoan belle), 227, 229. 



Coffee, 6, 153, 154, 170, 201, 202, 

 205, 224, 225, 311, 336, 337. 



Coir. (See Fibre, Cocoa-nut.) 



Colonial Sugar Kefining Co., 152, 

 153. 



Commerce of the Southern Seas, 



370. (See also Products and 

 Exports.) 



Cook Islands, peopled by Sawaiori 

 race, xiv. 



Cook, Captain, Preface, 4, 7, 18, 63, 

 286, 288, 320, 324, 364, 369. 



Coolie labour, used in Fiji, 130, 

 131. 



Cooper, Mr. H. Stonehewer, visits 

 Honolulu, 4, 5 ; arrives off Galoa 

 (Fiji), 8 ; reaches Levuka, 11 ; 

 present at Fijian meke-mekes, 114, 

 196 ; proceeds to Savu-Savu Bay, 

 176 ; to Vuni-wai-Levu, 177 ; to 

 Wai Wai, 181; to Valaga, 192; 

 to Koro, 198 ; his experiences'^ 

 Samoa, 227-230 ; an amusing 

 transaction with a native Fijian 

 servant, 105 ; his analysis of water 

 taken from hot springs at Savu- 

 Savu Bay (Fiji), 378. 



Cooper, Mr. Walter Stonehewer, 

 177-178, 192. 



Copra, Fijian trade in, 141 ; pro- 

 cess of manufacture, 142-144 ; 

 price obtained respectively by the 

 government and Fijian natives, 

 129 ; manufactured in Tonga, 

 311 ; various, 201, 205, 313, 327, 

 328, 330, 331, 333, 342, 354. 



Coral reefs, their formation, 12, 13 ; 

 their utility, 13 ; their relative 

 position to the shore, their resis- 

 tance to the waves, and their 

 channels or outlets, 14 ; their 

 varieties, 14, 15, 17 ; theories in 

 regard to their formation, 15 ; 

 formation of Fanning's Group, 

 339 ; of Samoan Group, 213-215. 



Corossos nut, 362. 



Costume, of Hawaiians. 5 ; of Fi- 

 jians, 9, 109, 110; of Samoans, 

 219, 220 ; of Europeans at Le- 

 vuka, 55, 56. 



Cotton, 141, 142, 199, 202, 224, 225, 

 320, 335-337, 369. (See also Sea 

 Island Cotton.) 



Coutts, Trotter, Mr., 337. 



Crab, The gigantic land, 284, 

 340. 



Croton plant, 141. 



Crown Grants. (See Land- transfer.) 



