The Fiji ■ Islands.—A contemporary says :—“ A little geographical information about the Fiji Islands will not be amiss at the present time. We may, therefore,inform our readers that they consist of . about 200 islands, having a total area of* about 7,000 square miies, : or nearly 4,500,000 acres.. Two of- the islands (Viti Levu and Vana Levu) have - each a circumference of 250 miles. There are several others of smaller but still consider-* able extent; but the greater number are mere islets, rising abruptly from the ocean, and, with the exception of some tracts on. the two larger islands, but little level land is anywhere to be seen. The native popu-; lation in 1860 was estimated at about--200,000.”
-Post Office Savings Banks.— The amount at the credit of depositors in the Government Post Office Savings Banka throughout New Zealand now exceeds £300,000. In May last it was £284, 166..
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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 93, 12 October 1868, Page 247
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