The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-11-27

A gentleman who spent some two or three years
on these Islands In the rccuperasiOn cf his health,
but who is now residing in London. communicates
the following interesting paragraph
LONDON, October 10Th. 1870.
Al the meeting Of the British Association. In the
Archaeological section, the Rev. Wyatt Gu. who
has Iivei upwards Of twenty years In the Hsrvey
Islands, combated Mr.. wAllaOe's theory Of the origin
Of the Polynesians. Mr.. Gun holds. that the present
race entered the Pacific from the southeast fork u
New Guinea, but were driven eastward by the fierce
Negriio race. The greatest distance from land 10
land, which they would have 10 travel In their east
ward passage. would be from Samoa 10 the hsrvey
rroup. n distance Of only about 700 mil,s. Mr.
Gin will also shortly publish a book ON the /" Songs
and Myths Of the South Psoihe.' . with a pref.os by
Mar. Muller. the celebrated lnguist.
From the report Of the Board Of the Protection u
the Australian AbOrigines. % appears that there go
al present but 1868 natives alive In vietoris. About
onethird Of them live on the sig stations under the
control Of the Board. while the rsmsinder sthl
wander about the banks Of the Murray. bat are sIsO
supplied with clothing. food and medicine.
Late English papers contain letters from the chai-
Isnger at Honolulu, and are highly enthusiastic Of the
beauties Of Hawaiian scenery.
The Bella Miller shark-story has also bean trans
lated and published Ia q Vicnns theatrical paper.
II is n curious fact, that the Hawaiian mail from
Honolulu regularly arrives in London one OF two
days before that from Australia, although oil letters
reach San Francisco by the same steamer.
The German man-of-war .drc0nd, which touched
at Honolulu In May last, reached Mcnievideo on the
Sd inst on the way home. while u. D. N. 9. Rsin-
deer, Of the Transit " memory. leh 81 Helena ON
the LIST for spithead.
According 10 statistical tables The Hawaiian Isi-
ands during the fiscal year Of le74-76. imported
from the United States. printed books TO the value Of
$4,627, ~fFr "a -
The British Government has bbsn ~petltoned by
the South Australian Parliament 10 take possession,
not only Of the Island Of New Guinea, but also of the
Islands Of New Britain, New frslsnd and the chain
Of islands 10 the northeast and east Of New Guinea,
from Bougainyile Island 10 San Chrissoysl, ihs
south-easternmost Of the Solomon group; the group
Of New Hebrides. including EspIriiu Santa. MsloOIo
and Sandwich; with the smaller adjoining islands
and Marshal. Gilbert and Eilice Islands; to all Of
which the traffic from Sydney extends.
The late Commodore 0oodeneugb. n~sardered BY
the natives Of sants Cruz Island, will De suocssdsd
in the command Of the British Australian Station by
Captain Anthony HOskins. ff..h
J. II. de Ricci. +. re. g., the British Attorney
General for Fiji, has just published . book on PHI;
our new province In the South Seas. Another Poly
nesian novelty is " Old and New Zealand" BY an old
.Pakeha Maori. DanA's |" Corals and Coral Islands
already appears in the second edition. The mission
aries Of the South Pacific Islands undsr, I believe.
the direction Of MIR. farmer. the aathor Of !" Eineteen
Years in Polynesia : are about TO compile a compsr-
alive grammar and ieriOnary Of POlynesisn dialects.
Some Of the languages spoken In the polynesiaD
groups possess words Of the greatest interest 20 the
comparative philOlOgis,, and u 10 10 be hoped that
the linguistic lsbors Of the missionaries Of the Pacific
win throw more light on the origin Of the Polynssian
races.