FIJI AND THE NATIVES.
The Eev. W. Slade, of the Wesleyan Mission in Fiji, writes at considerable length in the “ Fiji ” Times on the subject of “Federation and the Natives.” He says that the Fiji Government has committed itself to the maintenance of the communal system/ amongst the natives, and ho contends that that has been.a great mistake. He says that the policy of the \V esleyan Mission, in its synods and church courts, lias been to promote individualism amongst the natives. The policy of the Government has been, and is now more than ever, the direct opposite of this. The Councils
are a mere matter of form, and are dominated by officials, and the will of the people gives place always to tlie personal will of the Governor. Mr Slade condemns the poll tax as unjust. His conclusion is, that the natives have found the present form of government anything hut a blessing, and that the Government itself has been a huge and ghastly failure. Mr Slade contrasts this with the native policy in New Zealand.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 19 January 1901, Page 4
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177FIJI AND THE NATIVES. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 19 January 1901, Page 4
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