Ten Months in the Fiji IslandsWilliam James Smythe J.H. & J.Parker, 1864 - 282 頁 |
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anchor appeared arrival ashore Auckland beach Binner Bishop boat bread-fruit Calm St canoe captain chief Christian coast cocoa-nut Colonel Smythe Consul coral cotton deck dialect England enquiry Fawn Harbour Fiji Islands Fijian ground Group heathen Heavy rain inhabitants Kurunduandua lads Lakemba land Levuka light Cir light Cm light St lightning with rain look Magnetic meridian Majesty Majesty's Majesty's Government Mathuata Mbau Mbua meeting MELANESIAN MISSION miles Mission station missionaries morning Namusi Nandronga Natewa native teachers Navatu Navua Navua river o'clock Oparo Ovalau Pacific Pacific Ocean Panama party Pegasus present rain at night rara reached reef replied Retova Rewa river sail Seemann sent shew shore short Showery soon Suva Sydney territory Thakaundrove Thakombau Thunder and lightning tion told Tongans took Totoya town trees Vanua-levu vessel Viti-levu Viwa voyage Vunivalu Waterhouse wind yams Zealand
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第 xiii 頁 - Zealand, and to the respective families and individuals thereof, the full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of their lands and estates, forests, fisheries, and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess, so long as it is their -wish and desire to retain the same in their possession...
第 xii 頁 - New Zealand, and anxious to protect their just Rights and Property, and to secure to them the enjoyment of Peace and Good Order, has deemed it necessary, in consequence of the great number of Her Majesty's Subjects who have already settled in New Zealand, and the rapid extension of Emigration both from Europe and Australia...
第 xiii 頁 - The chiefs of the confederation of the united tribes of New Zealand, and the separate and independent chiefs who have not become members of the confederation, cede to Her Majesty, the Queen of England, absolutely, and without reservation, all the rights and powers of sovereignty...
第 169 頁 - Oft as they watched, at thoughtful eve, A gale from bowers of balm Sweep o'er the billowy corn, and heave The tresses of the palm, Just as the lingering sun had...
第 xiii 頁 - The Chiefs of the Confederation of the United Tribes of New Zealand and the separate and independent Chiefs who have not become members of the Confederation cede to Her Majesty the Queen of England absolutely and without reservation all the rights and powers of Sovereignty which the said Confederation or Individual Chiefs respectively exercise or possess, or may be supposed to exercise or to possess over their respective Territories as the sole Sovereigns thereof.
第 xiii 頁 - Lands and Estates Forests Fisheries and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession: but the Chiefs of the United Tribes and the individual Chiefs yield to Her Majesty the exclusive right of Preemption over such lands as the proprietors thereof may be disposed to alienate at such prices as may be agreed upon between the respective Proprietors and persons appointed by Her Majesty to treat with them...
第 195 頁 - I am of opinion that it would not be expedient that Her Majesty's Government should accept the offer which has been made to cede to Her Majesty the sovereignty over the Fiji Islands.
第 xii 頁 - New Zealand for the recognition of Her Majesty's Sovereign Authority over the whole or any part of those Islands. Her Majesty, therefore, being desirous to establish a settled form of Civil Government with a view to avert the evil consequences which must result from the absence of the necessary Laws and Institutions alike to the Native population and to Her Subjects...
第 xii 頁 - ... (in consequence of the great number of Her Majesty's subjects who have already settled in New Zealand, and the rapid extension of emigration both from Europe and Australia which is still in progress) to constitute and appoint a functionary properly authorized to treat with the aborigines of New Zealand for the recognition of Her Majesty's sovereign authority over the whole or any part of those islands.
第 205 頁 - In these colonies naval armaments can be recruited and equipped, and perhaps in a fesv years may even be created. No Group in the Pacific can ever offer these advantages, and the possession of one, in the western section more especially, is not only not required, but would be a source of embarrassment in the event of war.