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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1611, 18 January 1886, Page 2

cbnsist d6£^Wnsi^&bit^yjdajuiMjr th» .native population ot is'libont 34j060. : Tna capital ofr Sauioaj is jAgia^ on the island of Upolu, the largestbift"* one m the gnr'oup, being" : aßotit-40 milei long .by^.^S jbroad. The number of European*^or re'sfiJed&'T^ay.'lJe .set down at 800, the great majority of Iwhom are British" subjects, but th« States and' Germany *re=Well*r*>pment«»d. The climate ,w^Botogj|n^^ildi consi- , dering it [is of th« |lquator, that pur opeani arijia|)lo at all ' seasons to ]perfbrbi-'outlo!o^4ork withoufc danger ro^their^ consßtu^on. Tha soil is of | extr^qrd|ns*y^e^tility, and cocoa-nata,' bread ft^it, banana^, prangei, pine-applej. lime-tree, and" dtherutfopioal productions grow m abundance. Th» natives of Samoa ; (says Mr H. Stonehe wer-.Cooper m his work ,on the Coral iLandrbf tlie ; Pacific) w^ere never ppfition.prnel,or fqnd of shedding blood,, on the contrary, aliinoir'^actiiSibriV W& ,tain- ;^evidence, of , i|?pst excellent and imercif ullaws, : e'uen as tKe'proviittlng l &fs isanctqaries or places of refuge wher* a | man could 1 'be secure from • ihe vengganc* iof those whom he -might have offended. Moreover m all, their warg non.combatUntsnave been' 1 respeoiea^ "Murair^ peace-loving and generous people, the ; civil wart that' 'have'' beel devastating (their beautiful islands for years havo ibeenrnainly not of their,, own seeking, (They Tmve ü bVen s g*neraUy^thVii«t on ! them by foreign adventurers, whose proceedings should,,^ long., ago , havenecessitated the armed interference "of 'civilised powers. ''•■■• '' ; '■ t3 : l .;