The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-02-28

From our Colonial papers We gather some items re-
lating TO the Fjs. under dates Is late as October.
which possess interest. 4 cJrrespondeut Of the sgd
ney Herald writes from the islands
We now imperatiyely require the aid aud power Of
8 systematic government. While there are only a
few settlers. the Consul can manage 10 keep every
thing straight ami quiet, with the influence he has
over the chiefs and with the goods suSs Of the majority
of the whites. But soon there will be more than an
official can look after. To carry out the experiment
70 obtain cotton from FIJI, We want a government, We
want the BRUSH Flag over Us. The chiefs are daily
pressing - 10 the delay, for already 10 they see the
benefits that will accrue 10 them a. well a. 10 Us.
The native population Is becoming more anxious TO
see the tag over them, and our laws accompanying
il. AL hitherto done mas been managed wholly by
moral force, for there has been no physical force 10
which 10 apply for aid.
The cultivation Of Cotton has been commenced with
dne prospects Of success. 4 site mas been reserved
for one II the cotton gins sent by the Cotton Supply
Association, in the middle Of the town, 20 that any
one may have access 10 II who has cotton 70 clean.
| calculate that each planter will procure At least
one-thIrd more cotton from an acre Of land in Fiji
than in America for while in the latter country the
cotton plant has 10 be renewed each year (which in
ours additional labor and outlay, as well as loss OF
time,) here ~ have our trees %horishIng all the year
round, besides the saving Of labor and outlay and
not being required 10 plant every year.
Our spacious and beautiful harbOr Port hinniardl
Is the admiration OF every Que, and the place only re-
quires 10 be seen 20 be admired. Nothing whatever
can possibly harm a vessel - she swings TO her moor
iugs, and the facilities for running out wharves are
everywhere. There certainly Is no harbor like it in
FIJI.
We want more missionaries without them our
task J. much more difficult Ii = very well for those
who wish only 10 amuse themselves with the natives,
or 10 buy their oil or beche-de-mer with iron hoop,
and maiapolams, 10 decry the missionary and his
work. But an impartial observation tells me the
missionary Is absolutely necessary To teach the saw
a-e 10 give up his heathenism-ani then the TIA
der or the planter, may supply him with cloth, and
get his honest labJur. II the Wesleyans cannot
send more men, let the Churchmen-let the COngre-
gltiOuali-ts-the Baptists-step forward To help Us.
There l. room for all.
Another correspondent Of the Southern Cross,
gives a most favorable account of the uatural capa-
b.lities OF the islands, aud We may fairly anticipate
that should they ultimately become a part Of Her
one Of the most valuable acquisitions which have
been made Of late years. The FIJI Islands enjoy,
though lying in the tropics. many different climates,
which are favorable both to purely tropical pro-
ducts, and to such a. are generally found only to
flourish in more temperate attitudes. Coffee, cotton.
wine, wool, and tropical fruits Of all kinds may be
looked for as the future exports OF these Islands
The natural growth Of grass Is described as most
luxuriant, and of a kind similar to that Of the grass
in this province. \ great similarity seems likewise
TO exist III the soils, which both here and there show
unmistakeable Indications Of volcanic formation.
The natives who have been brought into contact
with Europeans seem 10 be disposed TO acquire civil
lized habits, and 10 am~algamate with Europeans
but not with Americans, TO whom they appear to
have au unccnquerable ayersion-but those living
in the interior are reported TO stick still TO their
savage and even cannibalistic customs.