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Native beliefs, 94 et seq.; customs, 50, 51, 92, 95, 133 et seq. mythology, 84; superstitions, 51, 52; justice, 103 et seq., 107; entertainment, 117 et seq. Neiafu, the port of, 172, 184 New Zealand, annexation of Niué to, 45, 147; and her dependencies, 149 Niué-Fekai, letter from chiefs of, to Queen Victoria, 1; the inhabitants of, 3, 11; native politics in, 9; the architecture of, 15-18; the church in, 16; a tradition of the invasion of, 20 et seq.; the language of, 28; institutions of, 34; sovereignty in, 37, 38; annexation of, to New Zealand, 45, 147; burial customs in, 50, 51; superstition in, 51, 52; traders in, 56 et seq.; cocoanut plantations in, 57, 58; a set of stocks in, 65; influence of Samoan teachers in, 77; anchorages of, 79 (footnote); mythology of, 84; meaning of the name, 88; origin of the people of, 89 et seq.; tattooing in, 92; a unique custom in, 92; beliefs in, 94; infanticide in, 102; the tribunals of, 103 et seq.; the warriors of, 127, 130, 131; want of dignity in the natives of, 129; earth-hunger in, 138 Niuafoou, population of, 179 (footnote) Niuatobutabu, population of, 179 (footnote) Nukualofa, 145, 155, 158, 159, 163, 164, 194, 198, 201, 211; plague of hornets at, 199, 200

Ofa, Princess, 159, 164; joins the Church of England, 162, 163

Pacific Islands, the, federation of, 146 Pacific Islands Co., the, 55, 137 Pakieto, King, 36 (footnote) Patterson, H. W., 57 Patuavalu, King, 36 (footnote) Paula, the Samoan teacher, 77 Penal code, a, 112, 113, 178 Penalties for crimes, 108 Peniamina Nukai, 75, 78 Petitions from the natives, 206, 207 Polynesian chiefs, 170, 175 — music, 218 Polynesians, the, 3, 165; dignity of, 129 Population returns, 179 Porpoise, H.M.S., 4, 33, 117, 123, 146, 184, 215, 216; a royal visit to, 46, 171 Port-au-Prince, the, 192 Pratt, Rev. G., 79 Priesthood, the, 95 Protectorates, 41 et seq. Pulangi Tau, the, 103, 104 Punimata, King, 36 (footnote) Pylstaart Island, 91

Quarantine regulations, 113, 115

Ranfurly, Lord, 11 (footnote), 147 Rarotonga, 74, 105