INDEX 



569 



Pontianak, 271 



Population of Philippines, 63, 64 



of Dutch possessions, 99 



of Java, 141, 142 



of Sumatra, 209 



of Borneo, 214 



of Celebes, 276 



of Minahasa, 295 



of Bali, 350 



of Lombok, 353 



of Timor, 374 



of New Guinea, 424 



of New Caledonia, 461, 465 



of Fiji, 485 



of Sandwich Islands, 540 

 Port Moresby, 423 



Eoyalist, 95 

 Portuguese first visit Moluccas, 9, 

 316 



possessions in Malaysia, 15 



visit Sumatra, 156, 157 



established in Moluccas, 316 



in Timor, 370 

 Posewitz, Dr., on Bornean geology, 

 217, 218 



on floods of Negara district, 224 



on Bornean diamonds, 247 

 Poso, Lake, 281 

 Powell, Mr. W., in New Britain, 



384, 435 

 Prau, 106, 108, 134 

 Presbytes nasutus, 232 

 Primula imperialis, 118 

 Prince Frederick Henry Island, 425 

 Probubalus mindorensis, 41, 78 

 Proechidna, 392 

 Ptilopus roseicollis, 121 

 Pu, Mount, 223 

 Puerto Princesa, 95 

 Pulo Babi, 197 



Bras, 158 



Wai, 158 

 Puppet-plays, 124 

 Pura-pura, 366 

 Purdy Islands, 418 



Queen Charlotte Islands, 447 

 Quicksilver in Philippines, 79, 87 



in Borneo, 246 



in New Guinea, 388 



in New Caledonia, 457 

 Quiros discovers New Hebrides, 449, 

 451 



Quiros discovers the Society Islands, 

 510 

 the Low Archijielago, 519 



Eaces of Australasia, 8, 14, 19 

 Radack grouji, 545 

 Raffles, Sir Stamford, 104 



on Menangkabo, 189 

 Rafflesia, 178 

 Raiatea Island, 518 

 Railways in Philippine Islands, 60 



in Java, 145, 153 



in Sumatra, 211 



in New Caledonia, 464 



in Sandwich Islands, 541 

 Rainfall of Philippines, 36 



of Manila, 36 



of Java, 115 



of Sumatra, 177 



of Borneo, 229 



of Makassar and Menado, 283 



of Ternate, 319 



of Amboina, 333 



of Ke Islands, 342 



of New Guinea, 388 



of the Aru Islands, 425 



of New Caledonia, 458 



of Fiji, 473, 474 



of Honolulu, 535 

 Rakan river, 176 

 Ralick group, 545 

 Rana guppyi, 444 

 Ranken, Mr. W. L., on the " Ma- 



horis," 20 

 Ranu lake, 281 

 Rapa Island, 519, 533 

 Rarotonga, 509 

 Rattan, 274, 300 



Rattlesnake, H.M.S., survey of, 383 

 Raun volcano, 106 

 Rebello on Celebes, 276 

 Rejang river. 225 



tribes, 191 

 Reptiles of New Guinea, 395 

 Retes, Ynigo Ortiz de, 382 

 Rewa river, 468 



Rhinoceros, 119, 120, 181, 231 

 Rhinoceros simiatranus, 181, 231 

 Rhio Island, 201 

 Rhio-Lingga Archipelago, 200 

 Rhododendrons, 231 

 Riamkina river, 272 

 Rijswijk, 148 



