Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-10
TRAVELS OF A SCIENTIST.
Continued from First Page.
POORLY RULED FIJI.

a d Ma vi i Lew, walking. II is
abour 80 English mil 8. found
much Interesting matter in G olo-
gy, coll, cted good many insect
and made Dumber of photo
graphs. My stay there was com-
varatively hort. The condition
f the natives is very poor. LII
FIJI the British have retained a
si,ar degree Of the anc ent native
rule il tn,lr administration. The
pow r | # iu h. chiefs is great
and g eatly abused"
DIR. + lie Inner h re went into
snme parucu ar, VIII Gu woulI
-loue hll column to detail. Que
or wo pom s ara enou ! h to rrl-t. HI
illustrative of tue general c"ndi-
ton. The natives of any dist let
are not flowed to leave its con
IN s, a. tney are compelItd to
work therein on the plant ,t,ous
and roads. This boudag' wa
brought home to the traveller Try
the difficulty it caused in obtain
lug carriers Of bagg'gA across the
country. The natives would tell
him they were not allowed to leave
rhA district, while the chief would
say he WAS afraid he mi sht lose
-omp of his men by giving them
permission to 60 outside tue
bounds. 1t was nothing but bid
for bride. The people are heavi
ly taxed, not in money hut in
kind-copra and other products Of
their toll.
"Amopg Euglisbmen of differ
ert counties l have met" DR.
Friedlander said, 1.-The opinion is
uniform, that Fiji is by far the
worst governed of all British pos
sessions. 1t cannot he considered
as one of the average colonies, its
condition is So far below that.
TONGA FREE AND PROUD.
"The next place l Wis ted WAS
Tonga. where | found the na'ive-
III very G cd CONDITION.. Les
phy.ically than politically. The
reason is found in the rule Of the
cd King, Tubou | and his prime
mini.t-r Rev. Shirley W. Bakrr
Mr.. Baker was the best-bated
mau there and among some of hi
fellow-countrymen In the Col
Dies, yet l came to the conclusion
that most of the thin s said {
HIM were p rversions of the tru h.
He really Est ,blisbed the Jude
pendencs of Tonga, and made
laws for the kingdom, or caused
them t, be- made, which insure ell
ve'y good and ecor omical govern
ment for the nativ, s. There l.
only one white man in Tonga who
owns laud, and he but a small
parcel.
"rhe native government is con
Quoted in quite orderly fashion,
and the whit s have no pretext, or
scarcely any, FIR interfering with
it, because heir rights are very
wa guaranteed. There is no
danger to property or life. For
eigners have not the chance
expanding themselves among the
uativ's that they have in mos
oth.r groups. The natives a'e
proud of this their exceptional
potion, and hence the leasr
ag' epable of all other PolynesiaDs.
They are bitter educated, and less
chlldl ke in politics, but less
agreeable to handle, to daily with.
A LITTLE KINGDOM.
"Leaving Tonga 1 went to the
three islands of. Tongatapu, Ha-
pal and Vavau, which have a
king Of their own. Hapai is the
worst place 1 ever saw in The Pacl
6c. 1t is about all sand. The
people and the cocoanu,s both ar.
of the smallest. 1t is virtually a
prison, very tedious 1 found it.
A VOLCANIC PARADISE.
"Ninafo'ou was my next place
1t comes nearer to the large vol
canoes IF Hawaii than any other
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