Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-29
Jcnson's Travels.



made all around il A few small open.
inEs break the coral reef surrounding
Tue island an advantage which has made
klruiungl the chief resort OF shipping,
aud Cue centrc of trade i1r the group.
The natives are good ship aud boat
builders. One OF their vessels. a
schooner OF about 100 tons, recently
built entirely by the natives, has already
made several visits To- Auckland. All
their vessels are worked hy native sat.
Tors, but when they make distant voy.
ages, European master b. engaged.
q census OF the inhabitants ol kato.
tonga was taken June 51ih, taps. which
was ihe ifst regular cen us attempted 100
any one ui the Cock islands. Accord.
inE 60 the returns OF that Cynsu, tue Boo.
ha1.tduis ui RafDiongl numbered 1f-I
souls namely 1850 males and D JOG fee
males O' this number 1,t1t were ua-
lives OF Cook islands, $50 were born in
other Pacific Islands, So BOO great Britain,
20 u America, q lu Germany in
France, in Norway 3 in Portugal, 30
m China and SIS lmus.ly hlIl casts iu
other countries To the matter Ul fruit
growing, especially oranges and bananas
kaIOiuuga can hardly b- surpassed.
The native houses ~ the island are
generally rUomy and well lg.li, aud are
mostly clustered together 100 villages
which are 90 situated un the sea coast.
on the strip OF level lands which inter.
yeHud between the loot ul il. mountains
aud the sea shore. Tine weekly news.
paper lIc Iofull is Published at Klfo.
tonga uy Henry Nicholas. To- small igut
folio u. q
native 90 pafc.igI columns. % Is highly
appreciated ty Che natives. who take
special delight i1 waiting iur Do, the
editors greatest Trouble being to find
space tor their illusions. The other Is.
lanes belonging Zoo ihg group are Mon
gaia, lying mo miles southeast Di EJro
tonga, Auuahi about $50 ml north
oil kafo.uugl, Ain, Ai.Iaru and Maukg,
lying about twenty miles apart auu from
100 TO 100 miles northeast OF Rlfo.uuEi
and The Two small llcNgy islands called
uy the natives. Manual aud \uaEgI ly.
ing between Aiulaki aud Auu.
The Cook islands are now iejer,
ton which has q regular government
and derives % regular revenue from im
port duty. The population DO about 5000
Ihc imports lur isHf amounted Co flgt
I15, aud the exports Goo #.uh.s Oh
the imports LiAJsi We're rom, and o
The exports tlSguI Goo NeW h.ilud
The chief exports are coffee. % which d
! very fine quality is grown. copm .lh,
dried cuC1auJII oranges, aud general
! tropical fruits and cotton, Cot C. and
oranges grow very luxufluty and With
uuf much care. Cotton, owing tu laW
prices ha, gone largely 1ut Of gu.iiya
ton. though fI.IY sterling worth wa.
shipped Iu IaUs. ONiug 90 THEFT
thorough natural drainage, The island.
have wonderfully good .Jud dyiCll
MltC--CaJl and agreeable for % trup.el
climate. Hurricane, arrJrc. The wei
season lasts only rom December tu th,
end OF March, and hJa little of the close
humid weather that prevail iu many
South Pacific Islands, The natives De
luua iu the PolyncViu race, and 1pgIi
nearly iuc same language as the MAJORS
ui New Zealand, aud pyasgs8 ull a..
| qualities, good aud bad, of that mos
amUllU OF daTk-slunuud races, The
rule Of the chiefs among the natiygs ht
/ always been absolute. Each tribe ha
/ Dos afini lkiug or queen lS the case ma
Be- who Is really the leading malnnuu
or noble The uuEi b. only the iIs
among equals the mltaiapos being thI
real ruleu Those holding Land dirrgtl
OF malailpO are called rang as
There are no money rents, hui an ark
receives certain definite services iron
the mliailpJs, and. through the natal
I pos from the ausatlfds. These service
/ are lll honorable, but below the rauEI
tiHl are the uugaH whose work Is of
mental nature, such as pig feeding cook
iug, etc. There Is no armed body O
any kind ON the Islands, aud crime O
claimed 20 Dc almost unknown, 40 leas
ON Rarot0nga. A very small body O
police, or rather waiChmcn, suiiIc.1 {,
Keep ORDER despite the perpetual pet.
gulugs boo which the remnants ui ul,
/ igNauai.s still involve ihc natives,
Some ui the islands belonging 90 thl
group were introduced 10 the civilized
| world by the great navigator Cuptall
| James Cook, who iu I-5g during his thin,
great voyage OF explorations around tb
! world. The Islands visited ly him lha
year were Auu ami MalElh, and th
two littlc islgts which he, ION hrst Oh,
covering them iu i11Sl called the Her
! ycy Islands, after one Of the lords Of th
admiralty u bis day, The name "llcf
/ yuy' has iu consequence often lcul
! applied To- the whole group, but wrongly
! The Cook Islands Is the only name b
which the group is officially Eii1wr
| Captain Cook never visited KatOtolga
| where he might easily have landed au
obtained supplies, but he didn't dis
cover that lsHUd. Those at which o.