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 
Boyalist, 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 imperialism 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 Archipelago, 519 
Races of Australasia, 8, 14, 19 
Radack group, 545 
Raffles, Sir Stamford, 104 
on Menangkabo, 189 
Raffl,esia , 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 sumatranus, 181, 231 
Rhio Island, 201 
Rhio-Lingga Archipelago, 200 
Rhododendrons, 231 
Riamkina river, 272 
Rijswijk, 148 
