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APPENDIX A.—( Continued.) 
CENTRAL POLYNESIA. 
Forei 
Name of Group. P yi a Government. Imports|Exports General Remarks. 
dents. E £ 
Phoenix Native Chiefs Few inhabitants. 
M Do. Islanders once ignorant of war- 
Milice * fare. Peruvian slavers in 1863 
almost depopulated the group. 
roe tpa Vii: Do. No soil upon some islands. 
Natives once unaccustomed to 
the use of fire 
N: t 
viis (1871)... 500 |Native Chiefs} 925,000 | 45,000 Possesses the finest Harbou 
& Constitution in the Pacific. Morus visited DY 
hurricanes. Good climate. 
F dly Islan 
A Ton m NH > s 60 Native Low islands. Severe hurricanes. 
Monarchy Earthquakes common. 
iE UD eeu 1,786 | English, 1874 | 87,053 | 84,802 Hurricanes frequent and severe. 
Ent uum 2 gum. Superficial area equal to Wales. 
WESTERN POLYNESIA. 
New Hebrides.... 80 | Native Chiefs canes frequent e severe 
Unhoaltny islands. annah 
harbour good. Winia ded ME 
dered at A amd 1839. Sandal 
wood discovered, 1828. 
Banks Island...... Do. Mota Island, reg quarters of 
Melanesian Missio 
Santa Cruz Islds. Do. erouse lost, 1788. Bishop 
Patteson murdered, i Com- 
pes Goodenough, 187 
Num avag aa RERE 
Loyalty Islands ie Do. France claims control over the 
group. 
New Caledonia...|*10,000 French, 1853 Natives resemble Tasmanian 
B Acne. (now extinct). Ruins 
of anci roads and aqueducts. 
Solomon Islands Native Chiefs magnificent group. si nn 
neil area about 14,000 s 
Great cannibals. pane. 
dies! seen upon Ysabel. 
New Ireland....... Do. xA ..A large and beautiful island. 
orsa &nd contented popu- 
lation 
New Britain....... Do. D'Urville (1827) much struck 
with its value an beauty. Nu- 
merous populati 
Admiralty Islds. Do. deemed populated. Cocoa-nut 
abun 
Louisade Islands Do. Very ferocious Natives. 
New Guinea Do. In 1828 the Dutch took pos- 
session of a little south-west ter- 
ritory, but afte &bandoned 
it. They still retain the Arron 
Islands, lying to the south-west, 
and containing about 60,000 in 
habitants. 
* Conjectural. 
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